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Gabriela Greilinger is a PhD student in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, where she studies the far right in Europe.

Right-Wing Think Tanks Are Building a New Hegemony — Europe’s Progressives Must Fight Back

Gabriela Greilinger

US plans to bankroll MAGA-aligned think tanks in Europe demand a forceful counterhegemonic response from democratic forces.

The Far Right Is Winning In Austria—Even In Opposition

Gabriela Greilinger

Austria's government cuts welfare whilst hardening on immigration—a losing strategy that strengthens the far right.

Austria’s Conservatives Trapped: Coalition or Collapse?

Gabriela Greilinger

The ÖVP’s’ coalition gamble failed, leaving Austrian politics adrift.

Austria’s Far-Right Revival: How the ÖVP’s U-Turn is Paving the Way for Radical Leadership

Gabriela Greilinger

The Austrian far-right FPÖ’s likely return to government raises concerns about the erosion of liberal democracy.

Far-Right wins in Austria and Germany: what mainstream parties keep getting wrong

Cas Mudde and Gabriela Greilinger

Recent far-right victories in Europe reveal the dangerous effects of mainstreaming extremist views and the urgent need for a new political strategy.

Twenty-four points for social democracy

Gabriela Greilinger

Anchored in classical social-democratic politics, the SPÖ’s vision for Austria offers signposts for the European political family. 

When ‘never again’ becomes ‘again and again’

Gabriela Greilinger

The dalliance of the German AfD with neo-Nazis is echoed by the brazenness of the far right in Austria.

Normalising the far right: a warning from Austria

Gabriela Greilinger

Facing the threat from right-wing populism at June’s Euro-elections, Austria offers lessons for progressives.

Orbán, ethnonationalism and xenophobia

Gabriela Greilinger

Rejection of the EU’s latest plan for a co-ordinated approach to people movement stems from Orbán’s redefinition of Hungary.

New SPÖ leader: can he stem the far-right surge?

Gabriela Greilinger

After months of strife among Austria’s social democrats—and an election screw-up—they have a new leader.

Exploiting every crisis: why the FPÖ is topping the polls

Gabriela Greilinger

At the heart of the scandal that broke the right-wing coalition government in 2019, the Freedom Party is now riding high.

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