Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 9:20:21 PM CET
After Landslide Victory, People's Party Looking For Partner
Austria's incumbent Christian democratic People's Party scored a resounding victory in general elections yesterday but not enough to form a one-party government. The far-right Freedom Party suffered a huge loss of support, leading the party's best-known member, Joerg Haider, to announce his intention to resign as governor of Carinthia. As RFE/RL reports, the People's Party, at least in theory, can form a ruling coalition with any of the three other parties in parliament.
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