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.

The hard-Right Freedom Party (FPO) was on course to win elections in Austria on Sunday night, putting it within reach of leading its first ever government. An exit poll released on Sunday evening said that Herbert Kickl’s anti-immigrant FPO would take first place with 29 per cent of the vote.

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.

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.

Austrian voters have given an unprecedented general election win to the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), led by Herbert Kickl, over Chancellor Karl Nehammer's Austrian People's Party. Despite its victory,

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.

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

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.