Here the result of the election in detail:
This means that, in order to prevent one of the far right parties (BZÖ and FPÖ) to be part of a coalition government, the unloved and unsuccessful “grand coalition” (not really grand anymore!) of SPÖ and ÖVP has to continue.
Let us have a look at BZÖ and FPÖ. The BZÖ is headed by Jörg Haider, the former FPÖ leader. The FPÖ is lead by Herr Haider’s former protégé Heinz-Christian Strache. Both man strongly hate each other.
Herr Strache’s party ran with slogans such as: “Vienna must not become Istanbul” and he promised to stop Austrian girls from “being fondled by hordes of immigrants.” Herr Strache has also connections to the neo-Nazi scene in Austria and was seen holding a gun while wearing a German army uniform.
Jörg Haider’s background is equally disturbing. He one described Nazi concentration camps as "punishment camps" and claimed Nazi-Germany’s SS were "a part of the German army which should be honoured." How can a man who says things like that get the vote of every 10th Austrian?!
Both men’s weltanschauung is, obviosly, rather disgusting. The worst is that I am quite convinced that, if SPÖ and ÖVP continue to work together (which is the only way to prevent any of the Nazi-parties to join the government, as the Greens did surprisingly bad in this election), the political frustration of the average Austrians might increase and help the far right in the next election. It might even happen that SPÖ and ÖVP decide not to go back to a grand coallition, which will lead to one of the Nazi-parties joining the government.
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