Topic: - on September 18, 2002 at 11:10:03 AM CEST
Haider leaves the 'sinking ship'
The Austrian far-Right politician Jörg Haider has been accused of "leaving the sinking ship" after he withdrew his nomination for leadership of the Freedom Party. Mr Haider agreed last week to lead the party, which is facing major losses in November elections. At the weekend he changed his mind, taking party officials by surprise.
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Topic: - on September 18, 2002 at 11:08:17 AM CEST
Austria's Political Shift
Most Austrians, and indeed most Europeans, are deeply relieved that Jörg Haider's rightist Freedom Party will soon be out of power after the collapse of its coalition with the center-right Austrian People's Party. But the downside is that Austrians will have to wait longer for tax cuts and other important reforms.
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Topic: - on September 18, 2002 at 11:06:21 AM CEST
Austria's far-right in disarray
The executive committee of Austria's far-right Freedom Party is holding a crisis meeting after Joerg Haider's decided not to become its leader for a second time. Austria's ruling coalition collapsed last week after Haider led a revolt with the Freedom Party, which entered government with the conservative People's Party in 2000.
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Topic: - on September 18, 2002 at 11:03:40 AM CEST
Hail of whistles and ovations accompany Haider’s appearance at the Lihga
The reception couldn’t have been more varied: on his way to the marquee, the guest speaker at the Lihga 2002, Jörg Haider, was booed; his speech, however, earned the head of the Austrian province of Corinthia keen applause. Opponents as well as supporters made it a point to welcome the head of the province of Corinthia. About 30 of them did so with loud whistles, some 400 with enthusiastic applause. Haider showed little surprise about the whistles. "I’m used to this. Some work, others whistle."
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Topic: - on September 18, 2002 at 11:01:33 AM CEST
Leader of Austria's Right Cites Threats as Reason for Quitting
Of all the theatrical turns taken by the Austrian right-winger Jörg Haider, perhaps none was so astonishing as the explanation he offered today for his decision not to reclaim the helm of his Freedom Party.
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Topic: - on September 18, 2002 at 10:52:05 AM CEST
Austria Official's Family Threatened
Rightist politician Joerg Haider says threats to his family sparked his decision not to resume leadership of the Freedom Party. Haider announced Saturday that he was not interested in leading the Freedom Party into new elections, despite agreeing to do so days earlier.
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Topic: - on September 16, 2002 at 6:57:35 PM CEST
Trattnig fordert Haider-Rücktritt als Landeshauptmann
Die ehemalige Kärntner FPÖ-Politikerin Kriemhild Trattnig und "politische Ziehmutter" des Kärntner Landeshauptmanns Jörg Haider (FPÖ) legt ihm nahe, auch als Landeshauptmann zurückzutreten.
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Topic: - on September 16, 2002 at 6:09:51 PM CEST
Jörg Haider wurde massiv bedroht
Während die FPÖ weiterhin eine neue Führung sucht, begründet Altparteichef Haider seinen überraschenden Rückzug mit einer "massiven Drohung" im Zusammenhang mit dem geplanten Abfangjäger-Deal.
<a href="orf.at"target="blank">¬> Hier gehts zur Geschichte
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Topic: - on September 14, 2002 at 8:44:58 PM CEST
FPÖ-Verwirrspiel: Haider will nun doch nicht kandidieren
Der österreichische Rechtspopulist Jörg Haider will nun doch nicht Vorsitzender der Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) werden. Er teilte mit, beim Parteitag am 21. September für dieses Amt nicht zu kandidieren.
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Topic: - on September 14, 2002 at 8:42:14 PM CEST
Haider turns down party leadership
The controversial Austrian politician, Joerg Haider, has turned down an offer to resume the leadership of the far-right Freedom Party.
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Topic: - on September 14, 2002 at 8:26:14 PM CEST
Beinah täglich Meinungswechsel bei Haider
Der Kärntner Landeshauptmann (Ministerpräsident) war erst am Mittwoch vom FPÖ-Parteivorstand einstimmig zum Nachfolger der zurückgetretenen Susanne Riess-Passer designiert worden. Im Zusammenhang mit dem geplanten Kauf von Abfangjägern des Typs Eurofighter sei die FPÖ jedoch in ihrer Handlungsfähigkeit gelähmt, hieß es in der Haider-Erklärung. "Die bisherigen Regierungsmitglieder und die sie umgebenden Lobbys und Interessengruppen haben nun die Möglichkeit, ihre Linie in der Gesamt-FPÖ durchzusetzen." Er werde weiterhin "einfaches Mitglied" der FPÖ bleiben, so Haider.
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Topic: - on September 14, 2002 at 8:18:32 PM CEST
Haider verzichtet doch auf FPÖ-Vorsitz
Der österreichische Rechtspopulist Jörg Haider will nun doch nicht erneut Chef seiner Freiheitlichen Partei (FPÖ) werden: Er zog am Samstag seine erst am Mittwoch erklärte Kandidatur zum FPÖ-Parteitag in einer Woche wieder zurück.
¬><a href="www.spiegel.de"target="_blank"> SPIEGEL
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