The heart of the Habsburg Empire until 1918, Austria became a republic, suffered a brief civil war and an authoritarian regime in the 1930s, and was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. Occupied by the Allies until 1955, it regained sovereignty on condition of permanent neutrality. A stable, consensus-driven democracy since, it joined the European Union in 1995.
Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.
Leads the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) and has been chancellor since March 2025.
Christian Stocker sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning free market on economy and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on environment.
Full profile of Christian Stocker →Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.
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