Baroque & Roll: Austria market report
As a historic powerhouse for music, Austria still punches above its weight despite political turmoil and a potential recession
Feature By IQ | 1 July 2025
The optics of Austria in 2024, viewed from the outside, aren’t especially good. The far right, embodied by the Freedom Party (FPÖ) made an emphatic point in the country’s September elections, taking 28.9% of the vote.
The economy is technically in recession, with GDP expected to decline by 0.6% this year and exports to the all-important and somewhat ailing German market significantly down. Then again, whose optics are good these days? And where the Austrian live business is concerned, appearances…
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