"Krone" analysis

EU sanctions because of the FPÖ: Will a new ice age follow?

We remember this dark hour in European history: when the FPÖ came into government with the ÖVP in 2000, the EU decided on senseless sanctions against Austria, children on school trips were insulted and spat at as "Nazis". Seven months of ice age were the result. Could this scenario repeat itself with Herbert Kickl? Krone+ has the analysis.

The expression on the face of then Federal President Thomas Klestil - similar to that of Alexander Van der Bellen today - was petrified when he swore in the black-blue government on February 4, 2000. Wolfgang Schüssel became chancellor, Susanne Riess-Passer vice-chancellor. The EU fell into hysteria and decided on bilateral measures against Austria. But what does it look like today?