Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:31:38 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor calls for new elections
Austrian media reported Monday that early elections would be held in late November. The next elections had been scheduled for September 2003.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:28:43 AM CEST
Austrian Government Teeters over Haider
Austria's government coalition, formed in 2000 amid international protest over Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party, teetered on Monday toward early elections after Haider drove his party rival out of the cabinet.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:27:03 AM CEST
Austria Freedom Party Heads Resign
The future of Austria's governing coalition was thrown into doubt after a vice chancellor and two other leaders from the Freedom Party resigned Sunday over a political dispute.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:23:56 AM CEST
Future of Austria's government in question after three ministers resign
On Monday, Transport Minister Mathias Reichhold said he, too, was resigning. "These intra-party disagreements have crippled the party and have seriously hurt the trust of the voters," Riess-Passer said. "It's my view that this is the only honest way to go."
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:21:25 AM CEST
ROUNDUP Austria may face early election after Freedom Party resignations
Analysts said there is very little chance that Schuessel - Austria's first Conservative leader for three decades - could continue governing in a minority administration without the Freedom Party.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:19:54 AM CEST
Austria lurches towards early poll
Mr Schuessel could, in theory, replace the ministers with other Freedom Party members, but most Austrian media reports on Monday predicted that he would go to the polls, possibly as early as November.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:17:56 AM CEST
Austrian chancellor calls for new elections
"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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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:15:23 AM CEST
Future of Austria's government in question after four Freedom Party leaders resign
A fourth key leader of the Freedom Party resigned Monday, throwing the governing coalition into chaos and leaving early elections in Austria a near-certainty.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:14:02 AM CEST
Far-right row topples Austrian coalition
The two parties have been in coalition since 2000. The next poll was not due until October 2003.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:11:07 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Calls for Vote to End Crisis
Mr. Schüssel said today that he would meet with the leaders of his conservative People's Party on Tuesday to recommend that Parliament be dissolved as of Sept. 19, with new elections coming by the end of November or early December instead of a year from now. The current coalition would remain in place for the present.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:11:07 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Calls for Vote to End Crisis
Mr. Schüssel said today that he would meet with the leaders of his conservative People's Party on Tuesday to recommend that Parliament be dissolved as of Sept. 19, with new elections coming by the end of November or early December instead of a year from now. The current coalition would remain in place for the present.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:09:14 AM CEST
Austrian Government Collapses, New Elections Called
Joerg Haider handed an ultimatum to Freedom Party leader Susanne Riess-Passer on Sunday, leading to her resignation. Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel said a fight staged by far-right politician Joerg Haider with members of his own party made it impossible to continue the coalition. Elections could be as soon as November, a year early.
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