Tuesday, 10. September 2002

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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