17. POLITICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Austria’s battle with the far-right - GUEST: Josef Lentsch
As traditional party politics fray across Europe, Austria offers a revealing case study in democratic reinvention. Over the past three decades, political entrepreneurs have disrupted the status quo, giving rise to new movements that challenge the dominance of legacy parties. From Jörg Haider’s nationalist surge in the 1990s to the more recent ascent of the Greens and NEOS, Austrian politics has become a testing ground for innovation, polarisation, and renewal. At stake is not just who governs, but how democracy itself evolves in response to changing social and generational demands.
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