
Immigration Hardliner Wins Regional Austrian Election
An SPÖ-FPÖ coalition in Burgenland would be another crack in the ‘firewall’ that has been put in place around the FPÖ by the other parties.

An SPÖ-FPÖ coalition in Burgenland would be another crack in the ‘firewall’ that has been put in place around the FPÖ by the other parties.

The party has been split on how to respond to the rise of the FPÖ—with Doskozil championing a more conservative line on immigration, and Babler wishing to take the SPÖ to the Left.

Party insiders expect tensions to boil over at a special conference next month, with the establishment centre-left party struggling to respond to the rise of the FPÖ.