A top political analyst has rubbished calls to vote invalid or “white” as “undemocratic”.Political scientist Ferdinand Karlhofer said in a TV interview last night (Mon) that appeals to vote invalid at the 25 April presidential elections would not indicate democratic maturity.Several leading Peoples Party (ÖVP) officials such as whip Karlheinz Kopf appealed on their supporters […]
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A historian who came out supporting the Freedom Partys (FPÖ) presidential candidate Barbara Rosenkranz has accused Austrian media of “riding a campaign” against her bid.Lothar Höbelt, an expert on developments in Austrias right-wing political scene who has been linked with the FPÖ before, said yesterday (Tues) outdated controversial statements by Rosenkranz would be screened as […]
Majority say Islam is a ‘threat’
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The majority of Austrians say Islam is a “threat to the western world”, a new survey says.Pollsters IMAS found that 54 per cent of Austrians agreed with the statement “Islam poses a threat for the west and our familiar lifestyle”.IMAS officials said today (Weds) only 19 per cent disagreed, while 27 per cent were undecided.The […]
BZÖ boss determined five years on
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The Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) boss Josef Bucher said he was ready for the “mammoth task” of establishing his party five years after its foundation.Bucher took over the hot seat at the right-wing BZÖ one and a half years ago from Stefan Petzner.Petzner, now the partys general secretary, only headed the BZÖ […]
Freedom Party (FPÖ) general secretary Herbert Kickl has called for consequences after a rapper called FPÖ boss Heinz-Christian Strache a “monstrosity” in a clip discovered on the private homepage of an SPÖ official.Kickl announced today (Mon) he expected the incident to have consequences for the SPÖ member, while Heribert Donnerbauer of the Peoples Party (ÖVP) […]
The Freedom Party (FPÖ) accused incumbent president Heinz Fischer of trying to distract from other issues as he called for a reform of the presidents legislature.Fischer suggested over the weekend that the federal presidents legislative period could be extended to eight years with no possibility of running for a second term in office.The legislature of […]
Rosenkranz ‘condemns Nazi crimes’
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Barbara Rosenkranz, head of the Freedom Partys (FPÖ) Lower Austrian branch, said today (Mon) she wanted to disassociate herself from Nazi ideology in a reaction to criticism of her running for president.Rosenkranz came under fire for failing to make clear statements regarding World War II.Asked whether she doubted the existence of gas chambers at Nazi […]
Vienna Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Schönborn said today (Fri) he could rule out voting for the Freedom Partys (FPÖ) presidential election candidate Barbara Rosenkranz.Schönborn said: “Someone who questions the National Socialism prohibition law and fails to make clear statements regarding the Holocaust is not an option for me personally.”Rosenkranz, who represents the ultra-conservative wing of right-wing […]
SPÖ to finance Fischer campaign
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The Social Democrats (SPÖ) will financially support the election campaign of incumbent president Heinz Fischer, it has emerged.SPÖ federal manager Günther Kräuter said today (Thurs) an “election fund” would be set up in which members will pay in around four Euros. This would be a sum of around one million Euros since the party has […]
The Austrian Jewish Community (IKG) yesterday (Weds) condemned a recent Freedom Party (FPÖ) meeting with the far-right Hungarian Jobbik party.IKG said it was angry that “democratic parties had said nothing” about the FPÖs contact with “the openly neo-fascist Hungarian Jobbik party.”FPÖ foreign affairs spokesman and MP Johannes Hübner admitted yesterday that Jobbik members had visited […]