Monday, 9. September 2002

Far right wrecks Austrian government


The Austrian coalition government was in tatters last night after the resignation of three key cabinet ministers and members of the populist rightwing Freedom party, including its leader. The collapse was widely believed to have been engineered by the FPO's firebrand and far-right de facto leader, Jörg Haider, the man who earned Austria its pariah status three years ago when he led his party into government.

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