"Swindlers" & teachers

Who will soon be sitting in the EU Parliament for the FPÖ

The Freedom Party had reason to celebrate on election night. Six blue mandataries will soon be sitting in the EU Parliament. The "Krone" took a look at the candidates behind first-placed Harald Vilimsky.

(Bild: Antal Imre/Imre Antal)

The FPÖ has doubled its seats in the EU Parliament from three to six. Among the new members are two teachers, one of whom is a self-proclaimed "corona swearer". A former top athlete is also moving to Brussels. The "Krone" took a closer look at the five candidates behind the first on the list and election winner Harald Vilimsky. 

Harald Vilimsky was one of the closest companions of early FPÖ party leader Heinz-Christian Strache and Secretary General of the FPÖ from 2006 to 2020. Since 2014, the 57-year-old has been an MEP and, since Sunday evening, a shining election winner. Although the FPÖ did not achieve its target result of 30 percent and did not even come close to its previous best result from 1996 (27.53 percent), it achieved the party's first ever nationwide election success and even overtook the self-proclaimed European party, the ÖVP, by a narrow margin, but also in terms of seats.

Six Freedom Party members will soon be entering the EU Parliament - and these are the candidates behind the prominent list leader: