Tuesday, 26. November 2002

Haider quits after defeat of far Right


It marks the end of Austria’s flirtation with the charismatic firebrand and the beginning of a return to the status quo. Mr Haider led his anti-immigrant, anti-EU party from its small-town beginnings to the point where it not only turned Austrian politics upside down, but sent shockwaves across Europe.

¬> The Scotsman

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