Austrian Green Minister’s Defiance Sparks Snap Election Speculation
Chancellor Nehammer is trying to hold his government together due to fears of a populist surge in early elections.
Chancellor Nehammer is trying to hold his government together due to fears of a populist surge in early elections.
Brussels is in a state of “war frenzy” and pro-peace countries are being silenced, the Hungarian foreign minister said.
The right-wing Freedom Party, which leads the chancellor’s ÖVP by 9%, wants to ban family reunifications entirely.
Critics say the ÖVP’s tough talk on migration is too little, too late.
The Austrian chancellor says he is open to Ukraine accession, but not to fast-tracking the process.
FPÖ Lawyer Susanne Fürst emerging as potential consensus candidate for chancellorship
The ruling ÖVP rolls out the rhetoric on immigration ahead of next year’s elections in an attempt to head off the growing FPÖ.
Nehammer’s plan, and that of his conservative People’s Party (ÖVP), is being viewed as an attempt to seduce voters away from the FPÖ in the run-up to next year’s parliamentary elections, which, the latest polls say, the FPÖ has a good chance of dominating.
Nehammer’s words come as the FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, is by far the most popular party in Austria, nearly double digits ahead of the establishment ÖVP, which has seen its support plummet due to its draconian COVID-19 vaccine policy and support for war sanctions that have had disastrous effects on the economy.
“If we go on like this, there will only be two choices for you afterwards: alcohol or psychotropic drugs,” said Karl Nehammer in his 21st century iteration of “let them eat cake!”