Farid Hafez

2 months ago | middleeasteye.net | Joe Gill |Omar Suleiman |Ali Milani |Farid Hafez

It is a historical novelty. For the first time since the end of the Nazi regime, the leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) - a political party that was established by ex-Nazis for ex-Nazis, and that has grown to become a major force in Austrian politics since the early 1990s - has the chance to not only join a government as a partner but to actually lead the government, with its party leader becoming the future chancellor.