Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 12:08:54 PM CET
Fate of Austria's right wing in balance
Austrians chose from a handful of parties in parliamentary elections today after a lacklustre campaign focused largely on who would pick up the disaffected voters of right-wing Joerg Haider, whose popularity has plummeted in recent months.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:55:14 AM CET
Austria's Far-Right Surge Looks Dead
The far-right surge that catapulted Austria's Freedom Party into the governing coalition in 1999 and prompted consternation across the European Union appears to be over, according to opinion polls ahead of today's parliamentary elections.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:45:27 AM CET
Fate of Austrian's rightist party hangs
Austrians chose from a handful of parties in parliamentary elections Sunday after a lackluster campaign focused largely on who would pick up the disaffected ...
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:29:44 AM CET
Austrian voters in neck-and-neck poll
Austria's six million voters flocked to polling booths Sunday in the country's most closely fought general election in recent times.
Latest opinion polls put the Alpine state's two biggest political groupings -- the ruling Conservative Party and their Social Democrat challengers -- neck and neck.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:28:27 AM CET
Austria Parties Teeter on Voting Day
Austrians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday with the anti-immigrant Freedom Party that convulsed European diplomacy expected to suffer losses.
The main race was between the conservative People's Party of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel and the opposition Social Democrats, and it was too close to call, according to the latest opinion polls.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:22:33 AM CET
Far-Right Set to Lose Big in Austria
After months of purges and personality clashes, the anti-immigrant Freedom Party that convulsed European diplomacy stands to lose handily when Austrians vote in parliamentary elections Sunday, but while down, the party still may not be out.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:17:09 AM CET
Freedom Party slumps
The anti-immigrant Freedom Party that convulsed European diplomacy stands to lose handily when Austrians vote in parliamentary elections today. But, while down, the party still may not be out.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:13:59 AM CET
Nowhere to run for Haider
THE Chancellor of Austria, Wolfgang Schussel, lost his temper yesterday, removed a machinegun from a wooden alpine shed and sprayed bullets at a handful of caged prisoners, including the populist Jorg Haider.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:12:04 AM CET
Austria's Far-Right Party Fades
The far-right surge that catapulted Austria's Freedom Party into the governing coalition in 1999 and prompted consternation across the European Union appears to be over, according to opinion polls ahead of parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:10:13 AM CET
Austrians vote in snap election
Polls have opened in Austria's early general election that could see the ultra-nationalist Freedom Party thrust from power.
Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservative People's Party could see its strongest gains in decades but still wind up in opposition if the controversial Joerg Haider's party.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:08:33 AM CET
Austria Expects Close Election as Far Right Yields to Center
The national elections on Sunday figure to be among the closest in Austria's history, with the nation's traditional center-left and center-right parties, only fractions of a percent apart in recent polls, battling for the largest plurality and the right to name the next chancellor.
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Topic: - on November 24, 2002 at 11:06:57 AM CET
Austrians Vote for New Parliament
Austrians are voting for a new parliament Sunday in an election that is expected to give no single party a majority, forcing a scramble to form a coalition government.
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