Herbert Kickl, Austria’s new interior minister, is a man with a worrying hinterland. Although a member of the democratically-elected FPÖ, he engages with a hard right coterie – notably the Identitarian movement. Fabio Wolkenstein (University of Aarhus) warns that while power may temper some of Kickl’s extremist tendencies, it is questionable whether he should be in … Continue reading Austria’s new interior minister is a man to watch – and not for the right reasons