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Austria votes

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  • 28-09-2008 4:18pm
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    Imposter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭


    First look at the votes in Austria and it looks like a big win for the far right.
    Voting is just finished so these aren't final results.

    SPÖ - 29,8% (-6%) - socialists
    ÖVP - 25.7% (-9%) - conservatives
    Green - 9.8% (-1%)
    FPÖ - 18.0% (+7%) - far right - Haider's old party
    BZÖ - 10.9% (+7%) - far right - Haider's new party
    the rest are well off 4% so won't be part of the government.

    Hard to know how a government can be formed.
    Only real option is a ÖVP, FPÖ and BZÖ coalition!

    Bit of history: Election was called after the SPÖ and ÖVP (so called grand coalition) worked against ech other enough that after 18 months a new election was needed. These results are no doubt a reaction to that but hardly positive the the far right have made such huge gains.

    (if this should be in the EU forum please move but I think this is the right place for it)


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    Sand
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    Jesus wept, I dont envy the guy who has to try put a coalition together out of that if the vote% translates to seats won. Probably Haider and the Conservitives will be the nucleus of whatever coalition emerges. Haider has apparently become less of threat to the established order.

    Probably wont be EU sanctions this time around. But the rise of xenophobia is a fairly disturbing pattern across the Europe. Neither of the far right parties elected would be fans of the EU I'd assume.


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    Euro_Kraut
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    The seats breakdown as follows:

    Total: 183

    SPOe: 58 (red)
    OeVP: 50 (black)
    FPOe: 35 (blue)
    BZOe: 21 (orange)
    Gruenen: 19 (green)

    So with 92 seats required for a majority, the only possibilities are:

    1/ Grand Coalition (again)
    2/ Red-Blue
    3/ Some 3 way coalition (must involve at least one of the big two)

    Given the personal antagonism that exists between blue and orange leadership is it unlikely that they will be involved in a coalition together. However their policies would be quite similar. The FPOe have already ruled out cooperation with Haiders Orangemen already this evening.

    A Red-Blue is possible but it would be hard for the SPOe to swallow Strache's (FPOe) demands nevermind the guys arrogance. Strache has claimed tonight that he should be the new Bundeskanzler!

    My thinking right now is that a 3 way coalition involving the Greens, the Orange and either of the large parties (prob SPOe) is the most likely outcome. However as we know too well in this country politics after an election is very different to politics before an election.


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