The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream.

The leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Austria, founded by former Nazis in the 1950s, was expected to be asked to enter into talks to form a new government.

The formation of a new Austrian government has been thrown into chaos after talks collapsed and the Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Saturday that he would be resigning