https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/austria-far-right-herbert-kickl-europe-populism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Twenty-five years ago, the European Union reacted with outrage at the prospect of a far-right politician, J\u00f6rg Haider, entering Austria\u2019s government, turning the country into a virtual pariah.
\nThis time? Crickets.<\/p>\n
With Herbert Kickl, a right-wing hard-liner who advocates \u201cremigration\u201d for second- and third-generation immigrants, poised to become Austria\u2019s next chancellor, the reaction from EU leaders so far has been to grin, bear it \u2014 and hope that Kickl won\u2019t prove as disruptive around the EU leaders\u2019 table as his prior positions suggest he might be.”<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
“\u201cAt this point, which country doesn\u2019t have a right-wing populist in government to reckon with?\u201d asked the first EU diplomat. \u201cIt\u2019s really coming down to being pragmatic and practical, not morality.\u201d”<\/p>\n
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