Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:07:33 AM CEST
Austrian Govt resigns as coalition partner splits
Mr Schuessel says he would ask the leadership of his conservative People's Party to call for early elections to be held "as soon as possible", probably at the end of November.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:05:28 AM CEST
Austrian chancellor calls for new elections to end government crisis
Austria's chancellor called Monday for new elections to end a political crisis after four key leaders of the Freedom Party resigned, saying a conflict with far-rightist Joerg Haider had made the party's work impossible.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 3:03:54 AM CEST
Austrian coalition falls apart - fresh elections likely
Austria's centre-far-right coalition government that 20 months ago plunged the EU into crisis has fallen apart, with Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel proposing fresh elections in November or December. This follows the resignations on Sunday of far-right cabinet members, including Vice-Chancellor Sussanne Riess-Passer, after her one-time Freedom Party mentor Joerg Haider led an internal party revolt over taxes.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 2:46:06 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Ends Coalition over Haider
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel severed his coalition with Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party Monday, calling elections after Haider ousted the vice chancellor in a bid to retake control of his party. Schuessel said his conservative People's Party could not maintain a stable government after Haider led a weekend revolt within the Freedom Party, forcing the resignation of party chief and Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser.
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Topic: - on September 10, 2002 at 2:44:29 AM CEST
Austrian Chancellor Calls for New Elections
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel said Monday his conservatives would quit the coalition with Joerg Haider's Freedom Party, paving the way for early elections after a power struggle in the far-right party. "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 9, 2002 at 1:40:38 PM CEST
Österreich vor Neuwahlen
Krisenmanagement in Wien: Nach dem Rücktritt der Vizekanzlerin Susanne Riess-Passer und des Finanzministers Karl-Heinz Grasser von der FPÖ wird es in Österreich wohl noch in diesem Herbst zu Neuwahlen kommen.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 1:25:12 PM CEST
Austria's Haider bows out
Monday, 1 May, 2000, 14:02 GMT 15:02 UK Joerg Haider, the controversial leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, officially stepped down on Monday - but he remains the key figure behind the scenes.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:55:13 PM CEST
Future of Austria's government in question after three ministers 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 9, 2002 at 12:52:25 PM CEST
Exits Shake Austrian Government
Austria's vice chancellor and two other Freedom Party leaders resigned Sunday amid a rift in their far-right party, leading to possible early elections.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:49:27 PM 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. Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer and the two other leaders announced their resignations Sunday over a rift with far-rightist Joerg Haider, the party's former leader and now governor of a southwestern province.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:48:06 PM 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. The resignation on Sunday of Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer, who also quit as Freedom Party chairwoman, marked Haider's victory in a bitter internecine struggle and his resurgence as the party's strongman.
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Topic: - on September 9, 2002 at 12:46:13 PM CEST
Austrian Far-Right Chief Quits, Shaking Coalition
"In recent weeks an ever larger rift has grown between us and portions of our own party. All efforts to mend this gap have failed," Riess-Passer told a news conference after party leaders met for six hours in a last-ditch effort to settle the dispute.
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