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Haider’s new party

Posted on April 4, 2005 by Nick Barlow

I don’t know enough aboutAustrian politics to comment much on this, but I thought Fistful readers would be interested to know that Joerg Haider and several others have left the Freedom Party to establish a new party, the Alliance for Austria’s Future.

3 thoughts on “Haider’s new party”

Michael M. on April 5, 2005 at 9:54 am said:

The great irony is that Haider’s party stands for law and order and is constantly in chaos. One can only hope that this time they’ve condemned themselves to oblivion for good.

Good riddance, though. They’re just plain scary.
Georg on April 5, 2005 at 10:20 am said:

I’m dutifully covering this on my blog from that lucky country.
Alex on April 5, 2005 at 10:41 am said:

I was very pleased to see a poll in Der Standard that showed that a plurality believe the FPO/BZO will now sink into “bedeutungslosigkeit” (lit. meaninglessness). Mind you, I’m sure the Eipami will find a way of making trouble still

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