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Brand me a neo-nazi if you like, but I’m a bit fed up with all the British media labeling the two right-wing parties who did so well in Austria yesterday as "far right". Cultural populists they might be, anti-EU integration they certainly are, but are they far right?
Take for example this photo in today’s Daily [...]
Sums it all up.
Radical Move to Right in Austria - Kurier [de]
Far Right gains in Austria vote - BBC
This "far right" thing is getting a bit annoying.
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18:30 UK - 99% of count in
SPÖ
29.7%
ÖVP
25.6%
FPÖ
18.0%
BZÖ
11.0%
Gr
9.8%
SPÖ
58
ÖVP
50
FPÖ
35
BZÖ
21
Gr
19
18:00 UK
Latest Results
SPÖ
29.7%
ÖVP
26.0%
FPÖ
18.2%
BZÖ
9.6%
Gr
9.7%
SPÖ
58
ÖVP
51
FPÖ
36
BZÖ
19
Gr
19
17:00 UK
Latest Results
SPÖ
29.8%
ÖVP
25.7%
FPÖ
18.0%
BZÖ
10.9%
Gr
10.0%
LF
1.9%
SPÖ
58
ÖVP
50
FPÖ
35
BZÖ
21
Gr
19
16:15
The initial results are as follows:
SPÖ
28.6%
ÖVP
25.7%
FPÖ
17.9%
BZÖ
11.9%
Gr
10.5%
LF
1.9%
What does this mean?
Haider’s BZÖ has done remarkably better than anybody expected
The two right wing parties (FPÖ and BZÖ) have easily out-performed the centre-right ÖVP and together have even more votes than the Social Democrats. It is likely that if [...]
The Austrian General Election is today. Polls open at 7am Austria, 6am UK, 1am EST and close by 5pm Austria time, 4pm UK and 11am EST.
Please pray for Austria on this important Sunday.
I’ll try and post results and analysis here as soon as I have them.
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Here is my final prediction for the Austrian Election this Sunday, based on recent polling.
This is the chart of the weighted moving average of poll results this month. You can see that in the past week the ÖVP has started to move back towards the SPÖ figure. WahlFieber, the online election prediction market, is also [...]
Right, all the modern stuff is out of the way, here’s some of the best of the classics.
Firstly, the (in)famous Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic at a New Year’s Concert quite a few years back, with possibly the most well known of all Strauss waltzes.
And yes, I have no idea either why Austrian [...]
Continue reading about Best of Austria #5 - Bit of Classical
Here’s the last bit of pop music from Austria.
Firstly, the good, nay, fantastic Ausseer Hardbradler live in concert with "Hoamweh nach BA"
Next, the bad, nay, horrendous. Sadly this song actually sold more copies in the UK than Falco. Shame on you all.
Finally, the ugly. How many of you knew these guys came from Austria? No, [...]
Continue reading about Best of Austria #4 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
As a contrast to the last post, these are the two most important political moments of the post-war period.
Firstly, the Christmas 1945 address by the People’s Party Chancellor, Figl.
The translation is as follows:
Christmas 1945. The Second World War has passed and has caused great damage and misery for the people of Austria
Figl: I can give [...]
Let’s just get it out of the way now shall we?
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Three days to go to the elections in Austria, so here’s the first of a series of posts to bring you the best of Austria and German language culture. We’ll start with the phenomenal Otto Walkes. Even if your German is non-existant, you’ll pick up very quickly what’s going on…
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Two days ago I was sat in a coffee house in the middle of Austria, reading the Sunday papers as they did their best to present an analysis of what the country could expect in its final week of electioneering. Last week, the Austrian broadsheet Der Standard summed up the politics of the past month [...]
Just a quick note from here in the wilds of the Habsburg Empire, where I`m spending a few days with the family (Gayle, Reuben and Woolly Jumper). For those not in the know, Woolly Jumper is Reuben`s best friend and, as the picture below reveals, has been having a great holiday so far.
Will catch up [...]
Revival for the Football team that is!
A magnificent victory over France last night (3:1) is the cap on a series of great matches. Only a few weeks ago they drew 2:2 against World Champions Italy, and there were a further two balls in the back of the net that were disallowed. Prior to that there [...]
Normally I turn my hand to electoral predictions in the UK, but these next three weeks I’ll be posting predictions on the forthcoming Austrian elections. It will also give me an opportunity to test out a new image gallery plugin.
If you look at the first graph below, you’ll see my current predictions for the vote [...]
