FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl explains to hundreds of thousands of viewers on the ORF television news how he imagines the so-called “remigration”. A right-wing extremist fighting term from the mouth of a man who could become Austrian Chancellor after the National Council elections in the fall. Kickl's FPÖ is in first place in nationwide surveys.
German politicians from the AfD are also pursuing such plans. This became clear at the latest through reports of a secret meeting near Potsdam, where right-wing extremists like Martin Sellner appeared. There, a member of the Bundestag spoke of a trap that a possible AfD government could set for people with a migration background in order to get rid of them.
This podcast episode of “Inside Austria” is about how far the ideologies of extremists have seeped into the far right party and conservative circles. How could it come to this? And what is the strategy behind it?
In the weekly podcast “Inside Austria”, SPIEGEL and STANDARD look together at the big and small scandals in Austria. Together with journalists from both editorial teams, we reconstruct cases and events that affect the country. We look into the political abyss, follow the investigations surrounding the Sebastian Kurz case and his ÖVP and provide information about an important Austrian topic of the week.