Far right in Austria projected to win election race

Source: GeoWa

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  1. Haven’t been keeping up. Thought the far right were already in power. Or are these bigger extremists? Or they fell out and are now back?

    Sounds to me like they were in power already and will need to make a coalition with the same guys as before anyway. Same shit different balance.

  2. From the article:

    >Kickl has promised Austrians to build “Fortress Austria”, to restore their security, prosperity and peace. He has also spoke of becoming Volkskanzler (people’s chancellor) which for some Austrians carries echoes of the term used to describe Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.

    The lessons of World War 2 are apparently completely gone from humanity’s memory.

  3. Looks like the predictions were on-point.

    90% of the votes aren’t counted yet, including the cities and mail-in voters which means the right will lose a bit compared to the current results. However the only relevant thing to look out for is whether the far-right will stay in first place or the conservatives manage to overtake them, which is unlikely.

  4. Oh there will be some happy goose stepping in Austria tonight! Everybody come celebrate by matching around in the streets with stiff legs and stiff arms flapping, SUCH FUN ! Goose step Goose step Yay!

  5. Criostai-Caitliceach on

    Does this mean anything at all if they can’t form a coalition?

    National Rally were the party with the most votes in France but they couldn’t form a coalition so nothing happened.

  6. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rdygy5888o) reduced by 66%. (I’m a bot)
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    > Austria's far-right Freedom Party is heading for an unprecedented general election victory under leader Herbert Kickl, projections say.

    > The projections, based on initial results, give Kickl's party 29.1% – almost three points ahead of the conservative People's Party on 26.2%, but far short of a majority.

    > Freedom Party general secretary Michael Schnedlitz was delighted with the initial projections, declaring that "The men and women of Austria have made history today".

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