Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:09:43 PM CET
Haider Still the Wild Card in Austrian Politics
Joerg Haider remained the wild card in Austria's political deck on Tuesday, giving no hint whether his far-right party would return from an election drubbing to play kingmaker to a new coalition government.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:07:14 PM CET
Haider backs off on threat to quit politics
Austria's far right leader, Jörg Haider, today once again reneged on a promise to resign from politics that he made hours after his party's poor showing in last Sunday's general election.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:06:13 PM CET
Haider to Stay on as Austrian State Governor
When Mr. Haider announced his intention to resign, many Austrians smiled wryly and said "wait and see." The volatile politician has backed down from several resignation offers this year.
Monday, Mr. Haider announced his resignation as governor of Carinthia State, after his Freedom Party's severe losses in Sunday's parliamentary election. Support for the party was reduced by two-thirds, to just 10 percent.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:05:02 PM CET
Haider withdraws decision to resign
Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right leader, on Tuesday reversed his threat to resign as governor of Carinthia after the leadership of his Freedom Party agreed to purge Mr Haider's harshest critics.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:03:06 PM CET
Eurobrief: To stem Europe's populist tide
Ever since Jorg Haider's Freedom Party burst on to the Austrian political scene in the late 1990s, Europe's chattering classes have spent many a conference hour debating how to stem the rise of far-right populist parties across the continent.
Hardliners such as Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, believe in treating extremists -- the Freedom Party, the Vlaams Blok in Belgium, the Liga Nord in Italy and company -- like political lepers.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 5:03:00 PM CET
Far-Right Austrian Stays
Throwing Austrian politics into fresh turmoil, far-rightist Joerg Haider announced Tuesday he would stay on as a provincial governor and Freedom Party member, hours after vowing to resign when the party was thrashed in weekend elections.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 3:28:36 PM CET
Haider stays on after election defeat
The Austrian populist, Joerg Haider, said yesterday he would remain in politics, less than a day after taking responsibility for the disastrous electoral showing of his Freedom Party and declaring that he was stepping down as governor of Carinthia province.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 3:12:09 PM CET
No Surprises as Haider U-Turns Again
In a move that reflects his favored leisure activity, Austria's most infamous bungee-jumper Jörg Haider has bounced back from his decision to quit politics to continue his controversial career.
His detractors call him a 'yuppie fascist', a 'xenophobic opportunist' and a 'Nazi apologist'; his supporters refer to him as a considerate person with great imagination and his wife calls him a man who has become more romantic with the years. Love him or hate him, everyone has an opinion on Jörg Haider.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 1:50:15 PM CET
Reversing course, Austrian rightist Haider says he'll stay in office after all
Throwing Austrian politics into fresh turmoil, far-rightist Joerg Haider announced Tuesday he would stay on as a provincial governor and Freedom Party member, hours after vowing to resign when the party was thrashed in weekend elections.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:30:05 AM CET
Haider reverses course, stays on
Joerg Haider, a leader of Austria's far right, announced he would remain in politics early today, just hours after declaring that he was calling it quits because of his party's disastrous showing in general elections.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:11:41 AM CET
Haider Rescinds Plan to Quit
Haider, whose praise of Hitler and anti-foreigner rhetoric helped fuel the meteoric rise of his party into government two years ago, said he was persuaded to remain in the Freedom Party and governor of Carinthia province following a six-hour meeting with political colleagues.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:06:50 AM CET
Haider Rescinds Plan to Quit
Joerg Haider, a leader of Austria's far right, announced he would remain in politics early Tuesday, just hours after declaring that he was calling it quits because of his party's disastrous showing in general elections.
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