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OpinionShould we make Herbert Kickl Chancellor?: The FPÖ is polling at 40 percent. Why is that? And what role do the media play in it?
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Public prosecutor's office wants to investigate Kickl for incitement of hatred against the queer community
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Maurice Ernst on the new picture-book album “∞+1”: “A fart into infinity”: For years, the band's singer gave no interviews. Here he talks about the new album ...
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Paid articlePaywallPublic prosecutor's office wants to investigate Kickl for incitement of hatred against the queer community
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Kickl sacrifices a central FPÖ demand for his strategy: The FPÖ can hardly explain to its voters why it voted against easier deportations of criminals ...
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Paid articlePaywallHundreds braved the rain at Kickl's appearance in Thalgau: "I just want things to go back to normal"
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Paid articlePaywallHaimbuchner: | "Strongest force provides the governor": STADL-PAURA. During FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl's Upper Austria visit as part of his "Heimatherbst" tour ...
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Paid articlePaywallKickl in the local newspaper? Heated debate over FPÖ poster: As agreed, each party represented on the Felser municipal council is entitled to one page per ...
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Kickl in a summer interview: "How can anyone ask such a stupid question?": The FPÖ leader doesn't really believe in man-made climate change ...
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Key FactsKickl rejects higher pension age, questions human climate impact
Sep 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: diepresse.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: diepresse.com
- Kickl questioned a substantial human contribution to climate change and called Austrian climate protection a waste of money.
- Regarding an extension of military service, Kickl left open whether the FPÖ would support the required constitutional amendment.
- On pensions, Kickl rejected raising the retirement age and adjustments below the inflation rate.
- Kickl dismissed the constitutional protection report and said he had no membership register of the Identitarians.
I will not allow those who work to protect the borders to be demonized.— Herbert Kickl, FPÖ leader; in the ORF Sommergespräch with Simone Stribl, on migration and border protection
Turbulent phase for the government, but a STANDARD poll sees the ÖVP on the rise: The honeymoon is over: Shortly before its one-year anniversary ...
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Between police, protests, and patriotic rhetoric: Kickl kicks off the year with attacks on the government
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Poll disaster for Chancellor Stocker - | and the ÖVP: The Chancellor has historically bad poll numbers, and things aren't looking any better for his ...
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"Didn't want to believe Putin's attack" - | Nehammer remembers Kickl's reaction to the Ukraine war
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Confirmed as FPÖ leader with 96.9 percent of the vote: Kickl invoked the “Third Republic”
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“I want to become chancellor.”: On Monday, FPÖ chairman Herbert Kickl was a guest at the conclusion of this year's ORF summer talks.
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Paid articlePaywall100 Days of Chancellor Stocker: Austria's New Objectivity: The three-party coalition in Austria was formed only on the second attempt and for lack of ...
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Austrian literature: The Unheard of: They have been writing against the FPÖ for a long time: Elfriede Jelinek, Julia Jost, David Schalko, Toxic Fries ...
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FPÖ and ÖVP want to put together a 6.3 billion euro savings package: FPÖ and ÖVP have agreed on a common budget path. The parties largely failed to provide ...
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Thousands protest against the right in Austria: Several thousand people took to the streets in Austria on Thursday evening to demonstrate against a possible ...
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Kickl sends six-page "empty report" to parliament: The FPÖ leader answers a comprehensive list of questions about his income and assets in a six-page letter from ...
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