A protester holds up a sign that reads 'Shame' as people take part in a protest organized by the Jewish Austrian Students' Union in front of the Austrian parliament in Vienna on November 11, 2025. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
Dozens of people rallied in Vienna on Tuesday, November 11, against an event hosted by Austria's first far-right parliamentary speaker that critics denounced as anti-Semitic. Parliament elected Walter Rosenkranz as speaker after his far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) topped national polls last year for the first time, though they failed to form a government.
But Rosenkranz has faced widespread criticism for his membership in a student fraternity known for its strident pan-German nationalism, and the country's main Jewish organization has ruled out working with him.
Subscribers only
Austria becomes first EU country to resume deportations of refugees to Syria
