The leader of the right-wing populist FPÖ in Austria, Herbert Kickl, congratulated Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on its improved result in Sunday's parliamentary election. "In the firewall" of the mainstream parties "there is now a huge hole,

After the failure of the coalition talks with the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), Herbert Kickl, believes that the party's entry into the Chancellery has only been postponed.

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday's election, said Germany's likely next chancellor would be held hostage by left-wing parties that would seek to loosen tough fiscal rules.