the european left went from 'edgy' and attempts at being considerate to all, to full tilt wacky along the same lines we've experienced here all i'd wager as a result of the motherwefers 'education' system which produced widgets like castro/trudau, and the like. this has produced backlash and here its discussed below; 

The next chancellor of Austria could be Europe’s most Right-wing leader after establishment parties failed to strike a pact to keep a populist pro-Putin faction out of power.

The victory for Herbert Kickl’s Eurosceptic and anti-migrant Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) marks a paradigm shift on the continent as traditional coalition building between moderate parties falters.

The centre-Right People’s Party (OVP) and other establishment groups in Austria initially refused to hold coalition talks with the FPO after federal elections in September 2024.

But their attempt to form a “firewall” – or “cordon sanitaire” – against the far-Right failed after negotiations among themselves to form the next government collapsed.

Now, talks between the far-Right FPO and conservative OVP are on, sparking protests across the country that saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets in anger last week.

The cordon sanitaire, which is formed by pacts between traditional parties to keep extremists from government, has a long history in Europe.

But as more and more hard-Right parties rise to prominence, such firewalls have come under increasing pressure.

Jeremy Cliffe, the editorial director and senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank, said: “Austria was once an outlier, now it looks more like a forerunner of wider trends across the continent.

“The so-called firewall is breaking down across Europe, albeit at different speeds. The growth of the radical Right vote combined with the fragmentation of the rest of the political spectrum is making it ever-harder to form majorities against it...........more.........