FP Wins Austrian Election

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Austrian election: Kickl's far right 'opens new era' with unprecedented victory

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Austria 's far-right Freedom Party ( FPÃ ) has opened the door to a new era, its leader says.

Herbert Kickl's party won 29.2% of the vote according to official provisional results.

The FPÃ has been in coalition before, but the second -placed ÃVP has refused to take part in a government led by Kickl .

Geert Wilders said times were changing, and that "identity, sovereignty, freedom and no more illegal immigration/asylum" was what millions of Europeans were longing for. Kickl has tapped into fears about immigration in Austria and he has made the most of anger at the government's handling of the Covid pandemic, embracing conspiracy theories about obscure treatments for the virus. For Kickl and his party, Sunday 's election victory represents a significant recovery from 2019 , when they came a distant third in the wake of a video sting scandal that engulfed their former leader..