Topic: - on September 5, 2002 at 3:57:03 AM CEST
Haider in bitter row with party successor
Jörg Haider, the far-Right politician, is embroiled in a battle for control of the Austrian Freedom Party with Susanne Riess-Passer, who succeeded him as leader. They have fallen out publicly, in particular over the issue of tax reforms, which Mr Haider wants implemented sooner than Mrs Riess-Passer thinks is feasible.
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Topic: - on September 5, 2002 at 3:55:56 AM CEST
Haider hosts youths from terror attacks
Austrian politician Joerg Haider, who has outraged liberals and conservatives alike with a visit to Saddam Hussein and favorable remarks about Nazis, is burnishing his image by hosting a group of New York City children who lost parents in the World Trade Center attacks.
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Topic: - on September 5, 2002 at 3:52:50 AM CEST
Austria Far-Right Ministers Threaten to Quit
Reuters Wednesday, September 4, 2002; 5:27 AM A power struggle between Austrian firebrand Joerg Haider and leaders of his far-right Freedom Party escalated on Wednesday as ministers threatened to resign in a tax row, risking the stability of the coalition government. Freedom Party ministers, including the Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister, said they would step down if Haider loyalists moved to force a tax cut on the government.
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Topic: - on September 5, 2002 at 3:30:15 AM CEST
FPÖ-Minister drohen mit Rücktritt
Noch haben die Freiheitlichen in Österreich ihre Zwistigkeiten nicht beigelegt. Die Bundespolitiker stellten sich jetzt demonstrativ gegen ihren früheren Parteichef, den Kärntner Rechtspopulisten Jörg Haider.
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Topic: - on September 3, 2002 at 3:07:31 PM CEST
Haider in bitter row with party successor
Jörg Haider, the far-Right politician, is embroiled in a battle for control of the Austrian Freedom Party with Susanne Riess-Passer, who succeeded him as leader.
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Topic: - on September 3, 2002 at 3:21:41 AM CEST
Austria: power struggle within Haider’s Freedom Party
The leading figure of the FPÖ, Jörg Haider, renounced any personal involvement in national government and decided instead to head the government of the southern state of Carinthia (Kärnten). This position enabled him to come out in opposition to the government policy of his own party, an opportunity he exploited quite liberally.
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Topic: - on September 2, 2002 at 1:14:08 PM CEST
Die Abtritte und Ausfälle des Jörg Haider
Die Karriere des österreichischen Rechtspopulisten Jörg Haider ist geprägt von verbalen Ausfällen und Rücktrittsdrohungen. Eine kleine Zusammenstellung - ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit.
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Topic: - on September 1, 2002 at 7:57:43 PM CEST
Joerg Haider Withdraws From Politics
L E I D E R NEIN NO NOT THRUE ERROR LUSTIG DAS SCHEINT ÜBER The Associated Press 8/30/02 8:24 PM gelaufen zu sein. VIENNA, Austria –– Joerg Haider, the former leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, announced Friday that he was withdrawing from national politics because of differences with party members. A long-simmering rift between Haider, the governor of Carinthia, and Susanne Riess-Passer, party chief and vice chancellor in the governing coalition, has sharpened this week over the issue of tax reform which was designed to benefit low-income groups.
Die <a href="www.nzz.ch"target="_blank">NEUE ZÜRICHER ZEITUNG fragt sich:
Is There Politics Without Haider? ABER SICHER.
Auch der <a href="www.spiegel.de"target="_blank">SPIEGEL will es so:
Haider verspricht endgültigen Abgang
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Topic: - on September 1, 2002 at 7:06:53 PM CEST
Der König ist tot, es lebe der König
WIEN – Ein zerknirschter Jörg Haider kann einfach nicht überzeugen. Er sei «tief enttäuscht» von seiner Partei und ziehe sich zurück, sagte der österreichische Rechtspopulist gestern im Radio. Heute begannen die Spekulationen über seine Rückkehr.
Far right's Haider quitting politics Items compiled from Tribune news services Published September 1, 2002
VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- Joerg Haider, the former leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, announced Friday that he was withdrawing from national politics because of differences with party members. A long-simmering rift between Haider, the governor of Carinthia, and Susanne Riess-Passer, party chief and vice chancellor in the governing coalition, had sharpened last week over the issue of tax reforms designed to benefit low-income groups. Haider, 52, was party leader from 1986 to 2000. He has attracted strong criticism at home and abroad for his anti-immigrant stance and for remarks deemed anti-Semitic. In 1991, he publicly praised the Third Reich for its employment policy. After massive floods in Austria last month, the government said it would no longer be able to pass the tax reform package in 2003, as originally planned. Haider sharply criticized that decision, arguing that the government should fulfill its promise to voters to pass the laws on schedule.
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