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Sunday, June 30, 2024
Austria’s far right announces new alliance with Orban, populist Czech party
Chairman of the right-wing Freedom Party Austria (FPOe), Herbert Kickl, and top candidate for the European election Harald Vilimsky stand on stage during an election party in Vienna on June 9, 2024. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO), Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz, and the populist Czech ANO party led by Andrej Babis are forming a new political alliance and inviting others to join, FPO chief Herbert Kickl says.
In a statement to the media attended by the three leaders, Kickl says he believes many other European parties will join in the coming days. To form a new political group in the European Parliament, however, parties from a quarter of the 27 member states are needed, according to the parliament’s website.
