Austria’s far-right Freedom Party projected to win election

Austria’s Freedom Party (FPO) has been projected to finish first in the country’s general election, ahead of the governing conservatives.
An exit poll by pollster Foresight for broadcaster ORF projected on Sunday that Herbert Kickl’s FPO had received 29.1 percent of the vote, with Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People’s Party (OVP) coming second with 26.2 percent.
The centre-left Social Democrats were projected to come third, with 20.4 percent.
Kickl, a former interior minister who has led the FPO since 2021, seeks to become Austria’s new chancellor on the back of the first far-right national election win in post-World War II Austria.
However, the 55-year-old to would need a coalition partner to command a majority in the lower house of parliament – and rivals have said they will not work with him.

Al Jazeera’s Aida Duratovic joins us now live from Vienna to discuss the latest updates.

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[myfz]

Bravo Austria!!! Stop far left EU!!! 🖒

[kanthlk]

Time European countries realize the dangers with “peaceful” migrants to their societies- wake up and put and end to these politically correct policies that open doors to your countries

[kanthlk]

Qatar should accept poor migrants into their country instead of western countries

[arisplugis]

Europe is for Europeans. that is why support for far right is growing Euro wide.

[globalspiritualrevolutionmedia]

This is great news for the people of Austria 🇦🇹
It’s time for all of Europe to take there countries back!

[catsid]

Qatar is Islamist country with state religion

[MoSalahFanEire]

Thanks Austria you are legends from Ireland ❤❤❤❤

[brittalbach]

As a German, neighbor to Austria, I mus say Austria is one cool country and so smart !! When things get tough, they always stick together ! Herbert Kickl is super cool, he has brains and guts !!! And they are neutral, keep out of the War

[Thrawn]

Weird how everything right of the left is far right.

[molkakaminski]

As said, it was a given result, Europeans are angry and politics and systems will change, if they dont, Europeans will do the changes themselves like they did in the 19th century. Europeans nations are not dead and won’t die quietly

[TrTurkiyeTravel]

This is misinformation by al Jazeera again, hitler called himself reichskanzler not volkskanzler .

Poor journalism by AJ, as expected

[ShomoGoldburgler]

Far right, they are barely right wing 😂

[blacksilver]

They have betrayed the Austrians several times in the past.
Strache, Gudenus, Karl Heinz Grasser, etc...

[hourbee]

time for the uninvited, incompatible to go home

[ForeverKnights]

Al Jazeera is very sad whenever a right wings party forms government 😂

[johnjobi]

Bravo FPO, greetings from India. This will be the begining of the end to middle east sponserd muslim migration and islamization of Europe.

[houseofdiamonti]

Nothing says “This isn’t a democracy” like government officials refusing to work with the party the people voted for.

[oceanwave]

Not Far Right. Just Right. Right in "Righteous". 🥰

[dave]

Big up Austrian people, love from the UK ❤🇬🇧

[foxxyboxxy]

The "b-roll" was övp nehammer, not kickl. Pretty lazy/sloppy tbh.