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Far-right Freedom party finishes first in Austrian election, latest results suggest
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2024
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At 28% they won the most votes for a party but as the other parties that one 72% of the votes don’t like them, they didn’t win the election. That’s democracy.
Yeah, but the People's Party (ÖVP) which was kind of centrist (liberal economy, socially conservative) is moving more and more to the right side of the spectrum. They have been in the government for decades and are more organized and connected. In my eyes they are a greater danger to society than the right-wing FPÖ.
Together they have the majority, and I don't trust the head of ÖVP (Nehammer) in his promise not to team up with Kickl (FPÖ head).