Sunday, 1. September 2002

Joerg Haider Withdraws From Politics


L E I D E R NEIN NO NOT THRUE ERROR LUSTIG DAS SCHEINT ÜBER The Associated Press 8/30/02 8:24 PM gelaufen zu sein. VIENNA, Austria –– Joerg Haider, the former leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, announced Friday that he was withdrawing from national politics because of differences with party members. A long-simmering rift between Haider, the governor of Carinthia, and Susanne Riess-Passer, party chief and vice chancellor in the governing coalition, has sharpened this week over the issue of tax reform which was designed to benefit low-income groups.

<a href="www.washingtonpost.com"target="_blank">WASHINGTON POST

Die <a href="www.nzz.ch"target="_blank">NEUE ZÜRICHER ZEITUNG fragt sich:
Is There Politics Without Haider? ABER SICHER.

Auch der <a href="www.spiegel.de"target="_blank">SPIEGEL will es so:
Haider verspricht endgültigen Abgang

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