Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:07:14 PM CET
Haider backs off on threat to quit politics
Austria's far right leader, Jörg Haider, today once again reneged on a promise to resign from politics that he made hours after his party's poor showing in last Sunday's general election.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:06:13 PM CET
Haider to Stay on as Austrian State Governor
When Mr. Haider announced his intention to resign, many Austrians smiled wryly and said "wait and see." The volatile politician has backed down from several resignation offers this year.
Monday, Mr. Haider announced his resignation as governor of Carinthia State, after his Freedom Party's severe losses in Sunday's parliamentary election. Support for the party was reduced by two-thirds, to just 10 percent.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:05:02 PM CET
Haider withdraws decision to resign
Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right leader, on Tuesday reversed his threat to resign as governor of Carinthia after the leadership of his Freedom Party agreed to purge Mr Haider's harshest critics.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:03:06 PM CET
Eurobrief: To stem Europe's populist tide
Ever since Jorg Haider's Freedom Party burst on to the Austrian political scene in the late 1990s, Europe's chattering classes have spent many a conference hour debating how to stem the rise of far-right populist parties across the continent.
Hardliners such as Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, believe in treating extremists -- the Freedom Party, the Vlaams Blok in Belgium, the Liga Nord in Italy and company -- like political lepers.
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