Austrian Far-Right Party Leader Herbert Kickl holds Electoral Campaign

Austria will hold a parliamentary election on September 29, with the nation's Freedom Party ahead in the polls.

On Sunday, Austria's Freedom Party won the country's EU elections, the first time it has won a nationwide ballot. The party is also expected to win September's vote, leading the polls with an estimated 26 to 31 percent of the vote. The date of the election will be approved by the cabinet on Wednesday.