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| Austria’s far-right Freedom Party headed for historic win in general elections |
| 2024-09-30 |
Another rightwing populist party enters the winners box because voters have given up on the mainstream parties fixing the Moslem colonist problem they created. [IsraelTimes] Austrian voters have handed a first-ever general election victory to the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Sunday, vote projections show, underlining rising support for hard-right parties in Europe fueled by concern over immigration levels.The Eurosceptic, Russia-friendly FPO held a slim lead in opinion polls for months over Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s ruling conservative Austrian People’s Party (OVP) in a campaign dominated by immigration and worries about the economy. Led by Herbert Kickl, the FPO is projected to secure 29.1% of the vote, ahead of the OVP on 26.2%, and the center-left Social Democrats on 20.4%, a projection by pollster Foresight for broadcaster ORF shows after polls closed. A separate projection by pollster Arge Wahlen also has the FPO coming first, winning by around 4 percentage points. The winner will fall short of an absolute majority, but will claim the right to lead a coalition. If confirmed, Kickl’s victory may prove pyrrhic, as the 55-year-old is a polarising figure under whom other party leaders have refused to serve. He has given no indication so far he could step aside to ensure his party leads the government. “What’s at stake is whether the FPO will appoint the chancellor or not,” explains Kathrin Stainer-Haemmerle, a political science professor at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences. “Should that happen, then I have to say the role of Austria in the European Union would be significantly different. Kickl has often said that (Hungarian Prime Minister) Viktor Orban is a role model for him and he will stand by him.” Related: Freedom Party: 2024-06-28 Transatlanticist with good hands. What else is known about the new NATO Secretary General Freedom Party: 2024-01-03 The ghost of empire: in the past year, Austria-Hungary rose from the grave Freedom Party: 2023-11-25 Islamic and eco groups say they fear for the Netherlands' future as Geert Wilders begins trying to build a coalition after shock election success - while his potential partners say Nexit must be off the table Related: Herbert Kickl 07/02/2024 Hungary's Orbán Announces New 'Patriots For Europe' Alliance With Austrian & Czech Nationalists Herbert Kickl 01/03/2024 The ghost of empire: in the past year, Austria-Hungary rose from the grave Herbert Kickl 03/30/2019 German terror cell allegedly attempted failed attacks |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Going to be another French post-election scene where the many globalist parties will band together to keep the FPO out of power. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-09-30 10:27 |
| #3 Far Right in Europe is about RINO in the US |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-30 08:50 |
| #2 The Reasonable Right. Because if things don’t change we will become less reasonable. |
| Posted by: Big Bluetooth1422 2024-09-30 06:36 |
| #1 But since democracy in EUrope is just a show for hoi polloi - the real power rests with unelected bureaucracy ... |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-30 03:15 |