Mit Ab dem 9. Durch Beschluss der Bundesregierung sollte die FPÖ die gesetzlich vorgesehenen Förderungen für die Freiheitliche Akademie nicht erhalten, da nach ihrer Ansicht die vorgesehene Grenze von fünf dem Nationalrat angehörenden Abgeordneten nicht mehr erreicht war.

Bei der Nationalratswahl am 1. Spitzenkandidat war wieder Heinz-Christian Strache. Nachdem der Nationalratsabgeordnete Königshofer auf seiner Seite den Terroranschlag Breiviks mit der Abtreibung von Kindern verglichen hatte, wurde er aus der Partei ausgeschlossen.

April als Spitzenkandidat zurück, alleiniger Spitzenkandidat wurde Vilimsky. Die FPÖ erreichte bei der Wahl am Bei der Landtagswahl in der Steiermark am Ein ähnlich hohes Ergebnis wie in Oberösterreich erreichten die Freiheitlichen zwei Wochen später bei der Landtags- und Gemeinderatswahl in Wien , mit 34 von insgesamt Abgeordneten hat die FPÖ Anspruch, einen der zwei Vizebürgermeister zu stellen, diesen Posten übernahm Johann Gudenus.

Dezember wiederholt. Auch bei dieser Wahlwiederholung unterlag Hofer seinem Gegenkandidaten Van der Bellen, die Niederlage fiel jedoch deutlicher aus als bei der Stichwahl im Mai.

Da nach dem Amtsende Heinz Fischers zunächst kein neuer Bundespräsident angelobt werden konnte, übte das Kollegium der drei Nationalratspräsidenten , dem der freiheitliche Kandidat Norbert Hofer angehörte, bis zur Angelobung Van der Bellens am Jänner interimistisch dessen Amtsgeschäfte aus.

Eine Regierungsbeteiligung der Freiheitlichen wurde bereits im Vorfeld der Wahl für wahrscheinlich gehalten. Dezember wurde die Bundesregierung Kurz I vom Bundespräsidenten ernannt und angelobt.

Vizekanzler wurde Heinz-Christian Strache. Nach der Veröffentlichung eines Videos, welches Heinz-Christian Strache und Johann Gudenus im Sommer beim Verhandeln über die fragwürdige Vergabe von Staatsaufträgen und das Umgehen des Parteienfinanzierungsgesetzes sowie bereit zur Korruption zeigt, [57] traten diese von ihren Regierungs- bzw.

Parteiämtern zurück. In einer Sitzung des Parteivorstands wurde Strache am selben Tag suspendiert. Dezember aus der Partei ausgeschlossen. Jänner Michael Schnedlitz gewählt.

Klubdirektor ist Norbert Nemeth. Mai Johann Gudenus, [66] welcher nach der Ibiza-Affäre seine politischen Funktionen zurücklegte und von der Partei austrat.

Es gibt fünf Stellvertreter bzw. Die FPÖ verfügt über eine Reihe von Vorfeldorganisationen , die allesamt über eine Bundesorganisation verfügen, nicht jedoch zwingend über eine flächendeckende Präsenz in allen Bundesländern.

In der Vier von Straches fünf Stellvertretern waren Korporierte. Eine absolute Mehrheit der Mitglieder des Bundesparteivorstandes 22 von 37 gehört Burschenschaften, Corps, Mädelschaften oder anderen deutschnationalen Verbindungen an.

Wenn Strache stets argumentiert, man orientiere sich an den freiheitlichen Idealen der Burschenschaften in der Revolution von , ist das eine Verharmlosung.

Laut Anton Pelinka setzen sich die Wähler der FPÖ aus jenen zusammen, die sich von nationalkonservativem Gedankengut ansprechen lassen und nicht zu Gewinnern der Modernisierung und der Globalisierung gehören.

Einer Umfrage im Jahr unter Personen zufolge wurde die FPÖ überdurchschnittlich häufig von Einwanderern aus dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien gewählt, bei denen sie 27 Prozent erhielt.

It changed leaders five times in less than two months, and in the general election decreased its share of the vote to Nevertheless, the coalition government of the ÖVP and FPÖ was revived after the election; however, there was increasing criticism within the FPÖ against the party's mission of winning elections at any cost.

The FPÖ fared much better than the BZÖ in polls following the split, [65] with the first tests in regional elections in Styria [66] and Burgenland.

Under Strache the party's ideology grew more radical, and it returned to its primary goal of vote-maximising. By the general election , the FPÖ returned to promoting anti-immigration, anti-Islam and Eurosceptic issues.

Both parties increased their percentage of the vote by about 6. This was only the second time in the postwar era that the SPÖ lost its absolute majority in the city.

In the legislative election the party obtained In June the main part of the federal party section of Salzburg split of and formed the Free Party Salzburg.

In the Austrian presidential election , Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer won the first round of the election, receiving The FPÖ gained control over six ministries, including defense, the interior, and foreign affairs.

In mid-May , secretly made footage was released, apparently showing Strache soliciting funds for the party from a purported Russian national.

The footage led to the collapse of the coalition with the ÖVP on 20 May Norbert Hofer replaced Strache as party leader in September , just before the election.

This means that the party portrays itself as a guarantor of Austrian identity and social welfare. Economically, it supports regulated liberalism with privatisation and low taxes, combined with support for the welfare state ; however, it maintains that it will be impossible to uphold the welfare state if current immigration policies are continued.

The present FPÖ has variously been described as right-wing populist , [] national conservative , [] "right-conservative", [] "right-national", [] and far right.

The principle of individual freedom in society was already one of the central points in the FPÖ and VdU's programme during the s.

From the late s through the s, the party developed economically, supporting tax reduction, less state intervention and more privatisation.

Starting in the late s, the party has taken a more populist tack, combining this position with qualified support for the welfare state.

This coincided with the leadership of Haider, who presented the FPÖ as the only party which could seriously challenge the two parties' dominance.

The party strongly criticised the power concentrated in the hands of the elite, until the FPÖ joined the government in In the s the party advocated replacing the present Second Austrian Republic with a Third Republic, since it sought a radical transformation from "a party state to a citizens' democracy.

Surveys have shown that anti-establishment positions were one of the top reasons for voters to vote for the FPÖ.

Its anti-establishment position proved incompatible with being in government during the first half of the s, but was renewed after most of the parliamentary group left to join the BZÖ in Immigration was not a significant issue in Austria until the s.

Under Haider's leadership, immigration went from being practically non-existent on the list of most important issues for voters before , to the 10th-most-important in , and the second-most-important in In , the controversial "Austria First!

The party maintained that "the protection of cultural identity and social peace in Austria requires a stop to immigration," maintaining that its concern was not against foreigners, but to safeguard the interests and cultural identity of native Austrians.

During the period of ÖVP-FPÖ government, many amendments were introduced to tighten the country's immigration policies. From the mids, the concept of Heimat a word meaning both "the homeland" and a more general notion of cultural identity has been central to the ideology of the FPÖ, although its application has slightly changed with time.

Initially, Heimat indicated the feeling of national belonging influenced by a pan-German vision; the party assured voters in that "the overwhelming majority of Austrians belong to the German ethnic and cultural community.

The FPÖ opposed Austria's joining the EU in , and promoted a popular initiative against the replacement of the Austrian schilling with the euro in , but to no avail.

Owing to perceived differences between Turkish and European culture, the party opposes the accession of Turkey to the EU ; it has declared that should this happen, Austria must immediately leave the EU.

The party's views on the United States and the Middle East have evolved over time. Despite the anti-American views of some right-wing forums in the s and s that chiefly were rooted in worries over US cultural expansion and hegemonic role in world politics at the expense of Europe , the FPÖ were more positively inclined towards the United States under Haider's leadership in the late s and s.

Bush as not being very different from Hussein. This move was strongly criticised by the FPÖ, which was part of the then-current government.

Nevertheless, in the mid- to late s the FPÖ too criticised US foreign policy as promoted by Bush, which it saw as leading to increased levels of violence in the Middle East.

The party also became more critical of Israel's part in the Israel—Palestine conflict. By , under Heinz-Christian Strache's leadership, the party became more supportive of Israel.

In December the FPÖ along with the representatives of like-minded rightist parties visited Israel, where they issued the "Jerusalem Declaration", which affirmed Israel's right to exist and defend itself, particularly against Islamic terror.

Strache, at about the same time, said he wanted to meet with the front figures of the American Tea Party movement which he described as "highly interesting".

While the FPÖ is currently not a member of any European or international organisations, the party has ties with several European political parties and groupings.

Additionally, according to political analyst Thomas Hofer, the party's policies and brash style helped inspire like-minded parties across Europe.

Following the FPÖ's entrance in government in , Haider sought to establish his own alliance of right-wing parties.

For his project, Haider tried to establish stable cooperations with the Vlaams Blok party in Belgium and the Northern League party in Italy, as well as some other parties and party groupings.

In the end, the efforts to establish a new alliance of parties were not successful. Under the leadership of Strache, the party has cooperated mainly with the Northern League, Vlaams Belang successor to the Vlaams Blok , which it has traditionally maintained good ties with , [] and the Pro Germany Citizens' Movement in Germany.

At a conference in , Strache and the new leader of the French National Front , Marine Le Pen , announced deeper cooperation between their parties.

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Als Schwarz-blaue Koalition oder auch Türkis-blaue Koalition bezeichnet man in Österreich eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Österreichischen Volkspartei und der Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs. Dennoch stellte die ÖVP den Bundeskanzler und die Hälfte der Minister, die FPÖ erhielt das Amt des Vizekanzlers sowie wichtige Ministerämter wie das Finanz-. Mai wurde der Regierung Kurz I auf Antrag der SPÖ mit der Zustimmung von FPÖ und JETZT schließlich von der Mehrheit des Nationalrats das Vertrauen​. Die ÖVP hat die von FPÖ-Chef Norbert Hofer in den Raum gestellte Möglichkeit einer baldigen Neuwahl auf Bundesebene strikt.