"Egg dance" in blue

Kickl and his EU role models: Meloni or Orbán?

Kickl won the election with an anti-EU and anti-NATO stance

(Bild: stock.adobe.com APA, Krone KREATIV,)

The government negotiations between the FPÖ and ÖVP are causing a stir internationally. Herbert Kickl will have to look for allies if he does not want to be isolated on the international stage. Political scientist Heinz Gärtner tells the "Krone" newspaper whether he should take his cue from Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rather than Hungary's Viktor Orbán.

The prospect of the first FPÖ chancellor in Austria is being watched with suspicious eyes abroad. How will Herbert Kickl, as the first blue head of government, approach EU and foreign policy? Will he be a second Viktor Orbán, who is at loggerheads with everyone in Europe, or will he come along on soft paws like the Italian Giorgia Meloni?