Secret files show close contacts. The FPÖ party talks to the Identitarians. The Identitarians are a far-right group. Martin Sellner is their leader.
He wrote many messages to FPÖ politicians. The messages are from 2018 and 2019. Sellner had a court case back then. He wanted help from the FPÖ.
The FPÖ did not help him enough. Sellner was very angry. He threatened to start his own party. He wanted to take voters from the FPÖ. He spoke of 5 percent of voters.
Sellner knew many important people in the FPÖ. He was friends with Reinhard Teufel. Teufel led the office of Herbert Kickl. Kickl was the Interior Minister of Austria then.
The files show the power of the group. The Identitarians knew things early. They knew about the UN migration pact early. They also had a say in government jobs.
