Austrian Elections & Politics 4.0

[TheSaint250]

Could be a revenge thing coming from the Greens (after all, Pilz is their "Ralph Nader" and according to them responsible for their failure to enter parliament). Pilz denies the charges.

Do you think that this is true?

I would say it's relatively true.

[TheSaint250]

Apparent quote from Van der Bellen at the Hotel Imperal dinner on Nov. 10th:

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He's really in touch with the voters

[TheSaint250]

I would really love to see pictures of Hofer and VdB, if you have them

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Thanks

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Already sounds more productive than our government

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Already sounds more productive than our government

Not really a hard feat to accomplish though, to be honest...

So very true

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What’s SBG?

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So what kind of parties are Vorwärtz Tirol and Fritz?

[TheSaint250]

Do you think PILZ will be defeated in state and local elections pretty badly and will most likely lose their seats the next time around?

[TheSaint250]

Also, the important FPÖ-leader of Upper Austria, Manfred Haimbuchner, has strongly attacked his own party today and called for "weeding out the idiots within, who still have a clear Nazi-mindset". He said: "Those who still think along these [Nazi] lines today, are sick in their head." Haimbuchner is always mentioned to follow Strache as FPÖ-leader once he retires.

Haimbuchner seems to be a FF FPÖ leader (from what I can tell)

[TheSaint250]

The Austrian government has refused to stand with the UK, the U.S., Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Poland and a lot of other countries by not expelling one or more Russian diplomats. A coordinated EU response is the best signal, so this is disappointing. One of the clear disadvantages of the FPÖ in government.

This isn't the FPÖ's "fault," per se. The Austrian government's official position is that due to being neutral they won't cut off ties.

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https://www.thelocal.at/20180327/neutral-austria-wont-expel-russian-diplomats

If I were there, I'd want the Russian delegates kicked out, but I can see why they won't.

[TheSaint250]

The Austrian government has refused to stand with the UK, the U.S., Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Canada, Poland and a lot of other countries by not expelling one or more Russian diplomats. A coordinated EU response is the best signal, so this is disappointing. One of the clear disadvantages of the FPÖ in government.

This isn't the FPÖ's "fault," per se. The Austrian government's official position is that due to being neutral they won't cut off ties.

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https://www.thelocal.at/20180327/neutral-austria-wont-expel-russian-diplomats

If I were there, I'd want the Russian delegates kicked out, but I can see why they won't.

Nobody is asking them to cut off ties altogether. And countries like Finland and Sweden are also officially neutral and outside NATO, yet they did participate in this action. So this was a conscious political decision, probably influenced by the fact that the pro-Kremlin FPÖ is not only in government but actually controls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ah ok, that does make a little more sense, too. Thanks.

[TheSaint250]

General question: why didn't the right wing form a coalition after the 2013 election? ÖVP, FPÖ, and TS exceeded the majority number. Was Spindelegger not as right-wing?

[TheSaint250]

General question: why didn't the right wing form a coalition after the 2013 election? ÖVP, FPÖ, and TS exceeded the majority number. Was Spindelegger not as right-wing?

It had not much to do with Spindelegger.

It was more the fact that the FPÖ was considered too far-right and extremist and the Team Stronach was seen as unstable (in fact, they collapsed already in the days after the election).

So what changed this time? Was it just Kurz's willingness, or did the FPÖ start getting rid of the bad elements more quickly?

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Thanks for the detailed response!

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Tender, could you write a little bit about NEOS's core beliefs? I had been under the impression that they seemed to be more economic-liberal than social-liberal, but I am not too sure.

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I decided to create a fancy Wikipedia page for the election tomorrow ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg_state_election,_2018

Thank you! We need more of Austrian state election pages.

[TheSaint250]

Updated my Wiki page with all the results + maps:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg_state_election,_2018

I just moved the FPÖ into the third spot.

Thanks again!

[TheSaint250]

Is NEOS in any coalition yet?

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Why did the FPO agree to the CETA? If I remember well they were very strongly against it...

If I had to guess, I would assume they caved due to pressure from the ÖVP or they just decided to on their own for the sake of keeping the government intact.

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Are Neos more like FDP and VVD or more like the Lib Dems and D66?  I'm guessing the latter?

I believe the former since I remember Tender talking about NEOS possibly supporting some economic proposals of the new government and leaning more towards economic liberalism as opposed to the social-liberal leanings of the latter two, though he can probably give you a better answer.