Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:14:02 AM CEST
Far-right row topples Austrian coalition
The two parties have been in coalition since 2000. The next poll was not due until October 2003.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:11:07 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Calls for Vote to End Crisis
Mr. Schüssel said today that he would meet with the leaders of his conservative People's Party on Tuesday to recommend that Parliament be dissolved as of Sept. 19, with new elections coming by the end of November or early December instead of a year from now. The current coalition would remain in place for the present.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:11:07 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Calls for Vote to End Crisis
Mr. Schüssel said today that he would meet with the leaders of his conservative People's Party on Tuesday to recommend that Parliament be dissolved as of Sept. 19, with new elections coming by the end of November or early December instead of a year from now. The current coalition would remain in place for the present.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:09:14 AM CEST
Austrian Government Collapses, New Elections Called
Joerg Haider handed an ultimatum to Freedom Party leader Susanne Riess-Passer on Sunday, leading to her resignation. Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel said a fight staged by far-right politician Joerg Haider with members of his own party made it impossible to continue the coalition. Elections could be as soon as November, a year early.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:07:33 AM CEST
Austrian Govt resigns as coalition partner splits
Mr Schuessel says he would ask the leadership of his conservative People's Party to call for early elections to be held "as soon as possible", probably at the end of November.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:05:28 AM CEST
Austrian chancellor calls for new elections to end government crisis
Austria's chancellor called Monday for new elections to end a political crisis after four key leaders of the Freedom Party resigned, saying a conflict with far-rightist Joerg Haider had made the party's work impossible.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:03:54 AM CEST
Austrian coalition falls apart - fresh elections likely
Austria's centre-far-right coalition government that 20 months ago plunged the EU into crisis has fallen apart, with Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel proposing fresh elections in November or December. This follows the resignations on Sunday of far-right cabinet members, including Vice-Chancellor Sussanne Riess-Passer, after her one-time Freedom Party mentor Joerg Haider led an internal party revolt over taxes.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 2:52:01 AM CEST
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 2:46:06 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Ends Coalition over Haider
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel severed his coalition with Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party Monday, calling elections after Haider ousted the vice chancellor in a bid to retake control of his party. Schuessel said his conservative People's Party could not maintain a stable government after Haider led a weekend revolt within the Freedom Party, forcing the resignation of party chief and Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 2:44:29 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Calls for New Elections
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel said Monday his conservatives would quit the coalition with Joerg Haider's Freedom Party, paving the way for early elections after a power struggle in the far-right party. "Tomorrow evening I will recommend to my party that parliament be dissolved at the earliest possible date, which is September 19," said the chancellor, who is also chairman of his People's Party.
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