Parties

Encyclopedia of Austria · 10 items

Right

Austrian Freedom Party

anti-globalization movement, euroscepticism, right-wing populism

Founded: 1956
Current leader: Herbert Kickl

Centre-left

Social Democratic Party of Austria

social democracy, austromarxism

Founded: 1888
Current leader: Andreas Babler

Centre-right

Austrian People's Party

Party of the incumbent head of government

conservatism, Christian democracy

Founded: 1945
Current leader: Christian Stocker

Left

Communist Party of Austria

communism

Founded: 1918
Current leader: Mirko Messner

Centre-left

The Greens – The Green Alternative

progressivism, European values, green politics

Founded: 1987
Current leader: Werner Kogler

Centre

NEOS – The New Austria

liberalism, pro-Europeanism

Founded: 2012
Current leader: Beate Meinl-Reisinger

Right

Alliance for the Future of Austria

right-wing populism, economic liberalism, national conservatism

Founded: 2005
Current leader: Josef Bucher

Left

Socialist Left Party

Marxism, Trotskyism, anti-fascism

Founded: 2000

Black-Yellow Alliance

monarchism

Founded: 2004

Unity List

Carinthian Slovenes

Founded: 1973

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