How FPÖ Veteran Axel Kassegger Accumulated Scandals, Then Suddenly Resigned
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- Axel Kassegger, head of the FPÖ in Graz and a former National Council member, has resigned for health reasons.
- His departure also leaves the presidency of the FPÖ’s education institute vacant.
- Kassegger previously lost his role as the party’s foreign-policy spokesman after becoming involved in planning a Taliban visit linked to efforts to free far-right Austrian Herbert Fritz.
Axel Kassegger, a veteran of Austria’s Freedom Party, is leaving his post as head of the Graz FPÖ for “health reasons.” His resignation also creates a vacancy at the top of the party’s education institute.
Kassegger served as a member of the National Council for 13 years. But in 2023, his political position became precarious after FPÖ veterans Andreas Mölzer and Johannes Hübner travelled to Afghanistan to lobby the Taliban for the release of Herbert Fritz, described as a far-right “holidaymaker.”
Kassegger was the FPÖ’s foreign-policy spokesman at the time and had been involved in planning the trip. He was forced to give up that role soon afterward.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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