Wednesday, 27. November 2002

Haider Backers Attack Austria Moderates


Heartened by his pledge stay in politics, backers of Joerg Haider on Tuesday struck at moderate colleagues who blamed the rightist leader for their party's disastrous election showing. Haider backers quickly moved to exclude five prominent figures from their Freedom Party. "An iron fist will be necessary," said Leopold Schoeggl.

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