Good night, Austria!

A cri du cœur went through Europe: 30% for the far right! The devastating, shocking and truly disgusting result of the Austrian general election astonished Europe, once again.
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.
Schreiber

Campus Europa

Italians live at home and Portuguese are super-multilingual. One of the most interesting international studies ever, reveals how life is like on Campus Europa.
Eurostudent, as the study is called, analysed several different aspects of studying in Europe. The study shows, for example, that it is much easier for students with a non-academic background to get into university in the Netherlands, whereas there are close to no students with a non-academic background to be found in Bulgarian or German universities.
The report, which is due to be published tomorrow, and will certainly lead to some debate in the education supplements in national papers across EU countries and beyond. Innit24 can already present some of the most interesting facts the study will reveal.
Students without a normal university-entrance diploma (such as the British A-Levels, the American High School Diploma, the Swiss Matura, and so on) find it much easier to get into university in England and Wales, whereas it is nearly impossible to do so in Lithuania and Germany, says Eurostudent.
Many students these days study a year abroad, but which county’s students do so the most? Here we see Norway, Germany and Finland scoring the best, Italy, Lithuania and Turkey can be found at the bottom of the list.
One very interesting fact that the study will reveal tomorrow, concerns the ability of students to speak two languages fluently. Here we see Portugal’s students to score best, followed by Slovenian and Swiss students. Again, it is the Turkish, which score worst of all participating countries.
For those of our reader who are still looking for a partner, the following fact might be rather interesting: Italy has the most single students, followed by Portugal and Scotland.
In contrast, the country with the most students already married is Norway, followed by Slovakia and Sweden.
Most Italians live with Mum and Dad (73%) (Could that be the reason why they are all single??). This love of living at home seems to be a Mediterranean thing though, as Spanish (64%) and Portuguese (55%) students do the same. On the other hand, students from more northern European countries can’t wait to get away from home. 79% of the Norwegian students live in rented/private flats/houses without their parents, as do 68% of the Finnish students and 65% of those studying in Germany and Austria. (This excludes students living in university halls.)
As I mentioned earlier, the full study will be published tomorrow. You may also want to check out Eurostudnet’s website for more details.
Schreiber