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Fascists In Central Europe #3 - Austria
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Well, to be fair, I'm quite sure that there have always been some in each of those departments.
And while handing control of them over to die soziale Heimatpartei (their own description) was only going to make things worse, I'm genuinely surprised that they've gone this far.
Central Europe is rather bleak at the moment.
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Cross posts from another thread that fit better here
Originally posted by ]=Diable Rouge View PostNext door to Orban, but Süddeutsche Zeitung have conducted a comprehensive sting on Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of Austria's Freedom Party. They convinced a young woman to pose as the niece of a Russian oligarch, promising extensive funding to influence the results of the upcoming general election last year, and in turn, he divulged his wish to muzzle the Austrian media.
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It will be interesting to see if "Freedom" are punished for this at the elections. I wouldn't expect that many of their supporters have a real issue with Orban or his policies, but Strache has offended Austrian notions of decorum.
Without a real shift from them to the traditional conservatives, it will be very difficult to form a government, given that they have ruled out a grand coalition.
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A rare good Central European election (no fan of Kurz, but we'll take it):
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1178334000940818437
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