Austria and France both suffered deadly attacks in recent weeks. The responses offer a glimpse of the political shape-shifting around Europe’s complex relationship with Islam.
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Vienna Reels From a Rare Terrorist Attack
The gunman, who killed four people and wounded 23, had been arrested for trying to join ISIS, raising questions about whether he should have been closely watched.
E.U. Adopts Groundbreaking Stimulus to Fight Coronavirus Recession
The $857 billion package includes unprecedented steps to help less wealthy countries, including selling collective debt and giving much of the money as grants, not loans.
Coronavirus Has Lifted Leaders Everywhere. Don’t Expect That to Last.
Popular support for nearly every head of government has risen during this crisis. History suggests harsh reckonings as the panic eases.
Coronavirus Has Lifted Leaders Everywhere. Don’t Expect That to Last.
Popular support for nearly every head of government has risen during this crisis. History suggests harsh reckonings as the panic eases.
A Onetime ‘Refugee Child’ Takes On Austria’s Far Right
Alma Zadic arrived in Vienna from Bosnia when she was 10. Now, she is the justice minister in an awkward coalition of liberal Greens and hard-line, anti-immigrant conservatives.
A Head-Scarf Ban and Carbon Taxes: Austria’s Kurz to Govern With Green Party in Unlikely Partnership
After months of negotiations, conservatives and progressive Greens have agreed on a coalition that could be a harbinger for the rest of Europe.
Kurz Wins Austria Election. Will He Turn to Far Right or Greens to Govern?
Sebastian Kurz, who came in first in a snap election in Austria, has a choice: Partner again with the far-right party that collapsed his government or shift left?
Austria’s Kurz, Leading in Polls, Looks Open to a Reunion With Far Right
Four months after scandal imploded Sebastian Kurz’s coalition, the wunderkind conservative looks set to win again in Sunday’s election. Will he embrace the far right a second time?
Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Leader, Is Ousted in No-Confidence Vote
Lawmakers withdrew their support of the charismatic young chancellor and his caretaker government, adding to the political disarray.