AustriaHerbert Kickl has led Austria's Freedom Party (FPÖ) since 2021 and was interior minister from 2017 to 2019. After the FPÖ's 2024 election win he failed to form a government in early 2025; he campaigns for strict asylum limits, remigration and neutrality.
In the 12 Axes register, Herbert Kickl leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Nationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Herbert Kickl sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centrist
Operates within Austria's federal republic as opposition leader
Centrist
Backs referendums; said law should follow politics
Statist
Proposed detention of asylum seekers as interior minister
Nationalist
Calls for 'Fortress Austria' and fewer EU powers
Neutral
Backs neutrality, no NATO, 2% GDP defense and longer conscription
Monoculturalist
Advocates 'remigration' and near-impossible asylum applications
Mixed Economic
Welfare-focused for citizens, skeptical of free-market reform
Balanced
Wants a higher bank levy and lower payroll costs
Limited Trade
Opposes EU sanctions and the Mercosur trade deal
Spiritual
Frames party around Christian Occident heritage
Traditionalist
Culturally conservative on family and identity
Bioconservative
Opposed COVID vaccines and restrictions
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Herbert Kickl is at Nationalism 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Militarist – Pacifist
On Militarist – Pacifist, Herbert Kickl is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.parlament.gv.at
Portrait: C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
