Poland and Hungary are in a direct confrontation with the European Union over the question of immigration, backed from the sidelines by the right-wing government of Austria. ..…

Right-wing populists have become in the landscape of almost every European Union member state, while Italy, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Denmark and Finland, they are either part of the government or support the government. ... Strache's right-wingers have agreement with Russian President..…

Austria and Estonia also enforce strict supervision of the custom that some Jews there say makes it nearly impossible. . ..…

Anis H Bajrektarevic is chairperson and in law and global political studies, Vienna, Austria.. ..…

Anti-immigrant and anti- EU parties gained strength in many other developed countries, most notably National Front France, Party for Freedom in Netherlands, Alternative for Germany, and the Freedom Party Austria. ..…