From 1983-1990 he was an editor for Die Aula a publication sympathetic to the political part FPÖ.
In 1987 he was charged with "distribution national-socialist ideas" because of a letter of a reader he published in Kärnter Nachrichten.
He wrote two novels, poetry and multiple non-fiction books. He also made two documentaries about the war crimes committed in Austria by Josip Tito's partisans.
He was elected as Member of the European Parliament in 2009 and was head candidate in 2014 until he withdrew. He has described himself as an cultural German.