A far-right party founded by former Nazis whose leader has adopted a moniker used by Adolf Hitler won in Austria’s national elections on Sunday. The showing by the Freedom Party, known by the acronym FPO, is unprecedented there since the end of World War II and adds to a wave of support for far-right parties across Europe.

Freedom Party (FPO). The party gained 29% of the vote, its best result to date. Founded by SS Major General Anton Reinthaller in 1956, the party has long been climbing into the country's mainstream, taking part in three right-wing governments as a junior coalition partner,

The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) led by Herbert Kickl won Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday, initial projections showed, potentially putting it in pole position to form a government for the first time in postwar history.

FPOs Strong Showing Shifts Austrias Political Landscape The Austrian Freedom Party (FPO), led by Herbert Kickl, won around 29% of the vote in Sundays parliamentary election, marking its highest-ever result.

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has emerged victorious after the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday. Here’s what comes next. What were the results of the Austria election? According to a projection based on the count of nearly all the votes by pollster Foresight for Austrian public broadcaster ORF: The FPO won 28.

Herbert Kickl must find a partner to form a stable coalition. Other party leaders loathe him and have refused to serve under him.

The far-right Freedom Party's historic victory in an Austrian parliamentary election has left it isolated and partly at the mercy of a powerful critic: the president, who must oversee efforts towards forming a viable coalition government.

European far-right and nationalist parties are celebrating the far-right Freedom Party’s win in Austria’s election

Austria's far-right Freedom Party won a national parliamentary election, but it will struggle to find other parties willing to form a coalition government.

Political parties on the European right celebrated Sunday's parliamentary election victory by Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) as a boost for national conservatives amid advances by the hard right fuelled by worries about immigration.