Topic: - on December 1, 2002 at 4:16:45 AM CET
Das Thema FPÖ in der Regierung muss erledigt sein
Fast eine Woche hat Sicherheitssprecher Peter Pilz intern Gespräche geführt. Am Freitag hat er zumindest Teile der grünen Parlamentsfraktion überzeugt. Als erster Abgeordneter votiert er nun offen für Gespräche mit der ÖVP.
"Es war von Anfang an selbstverständlich, dass man eine Partei, die einen politischen Vorschlag machen will, zumindest anhört, was sie anzubieten hat", sagt Pilz im Gespräch mit dem STANDARD. Das Wort "Koalitionsverhandlung" will aber auch er nicht in den Mund nehmen, denn: "Dafür fehlen noch einige Klarstellungen der ÖVP."
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 11:13:42 AM CET
Far right seeks coalition talks
Freedom leaders emerged from a six-hour crisis meeting saying they wanted to talk to other parties about forming a new coalition, despite calls from some party factions to return to opposition after dropping by nearly two thirds in Sunday's vote.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:36:14 AM CET
Austrian moderate conquers far Right
RIGHT-WING extremist Jorg Haider suffered huge losses in Austria's national elections yesterday as the more moderate Chancellor, Wolfgang Schussel, showed the rest of Europe his much-criticised strategy of co-operating with extremists was an effective way of stealing their momentum.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 1:19:41 AM CET
Austria Rejects Hate
In a Europe seeing a rise in synagogue burnings, swastika graffiti, and anti-Semitic candidates, the crushing election defeat of Austria's extremist Freedom Party - and its de facto leader, Jörg Haider - is a refreshing rejection of the politics of bigotry.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 1:15:01 AM CET
European far right's future in doubt after Austrian loss
The resounding defeat suffered by Austria's far right on Sunday casts a big question mark over the survival of the ultra-conservative movement across the continent.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 9:26:21 PM CET
Haider's party trounced in polls
The Austrian voters on Sunday night dramatically rejected the far right, Freedom Party of Joerg Haider, whose political decline is now considered imminent. The Chancellor, Wolfgang Schuessel, and his moderate but centre-right Peoples' Party has emerged as the clear victor in the Parliamentary elections. The Freedom Party lost nearly two-thirds of its support. This gives the Peoples Party the largest share of votes in more than three decades.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 9:20:21 PM CET
After Landslide Victory, People's Party Looking For Partner
Austria's incumbent Christian democratic People's Party scored a resounding victory in general elections yesterday but not enough to form a one-party government. The far-right Freedom Party suffered a huge loss of support, leading the party's best-known member, Joerg Haider, to announce his intention to resign as governor of Carinthia. As RFE/RL reports, the People's Party, at least in theory, can form a ruling coalition with any of the three other parties in parliament.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:55:34 PM CET
EU welcomes far-right collapse in Austria, eyes wider trend
EU leaders and officials welcomed on Monday the Austrian far-right's election collapse, saying it lifts a cloud over EU expansion and marks a setback for extremists Europe-wide.
Analysts said the Freedom Party's defeat in polls Sunday could signal a reversal of the recent rise of anti-immigrant forces across Europe, triggered by the Austrian party's success three years ago.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:53:35 PM CET
Austrian leader's party makes large gains over far right peer
Voters have handed a clear victory to Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservative party in the Austrian parliamentary elections. But his coalition partner, the anti-immigration party of Joerg Haider, was pounded at the polls, according to preliminary results.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:51:37 PM CET
Austrian People's Party wins, Haider's Freedom Party plummets
Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's People's
Party (OVP) won parliamentary election in Austria Sunday but the votes for his coalition partner Freedom Party (FPO) plummeted.
"The result was unexpected but thank God it's a clear result," People's Party leader Schuessel said after results were announced. Schuessel now has the choice of choosing a coalition partner or trying to form a minority government.
¬> IRNA
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:49:20 PM CET
Austrian Elections Are Sacred
Did his friendship with Saddam Hussein spoil triumph of the Austrian Fuhrer?
The results of the of the parliamentary elections in Austria aren’t great surprise on the whole. Unlike in 1999, when Joerg Haider with his Freedom Party rather unexpectedly settled down in the local political Olympus, the results of the parliamentary elections were more or less predictable.
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Topic: - on November 25, 2002 at 5:45:29 PM CET
Conservatives Win Big in Austrian Election
Austrian Chancellor Schüssel begins coalition talks today after his party won its biggest election victory in decades. The fate of the far-right Freedom Party, which suffered a crushing defeat, is still unclear.
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