Head of Freedom Party (FPOe) Herbert Kickl attends their final election rally in Vienna, Austria, September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
VIENNA (Reuters) - The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO), Herbert Kickl, pledged on Friday to win this weekend's parliamentary election in what would be a historic first, even as opinion polls show the race is now too close to call.
Doggedly keeping grievances about immigration in focus, Kickl's FPO has had a clear lead in polls for more than a year, helped by voters' frustration with inflation above the European Union average and Austria's misfiring economy.
