Fascists rise again in Austria

Bad news from central Europe. Far-right and neo-fascist parties have done extremely well in general elections in Austria, claiming nearly 30% of the vote and seizing control of the balance of power.

It looks likely that the centrist parties of the former 'grand coalition' will try to create another coalition, excluding the fascists, which will probably fail again. Which will probably increase the popularity of these hateful bigots.

Combined with an economic depression, dissatisfaction with mainstream parties can often cause a worrying increase in the popularity of far-right wing parties… I can only hope that the Austrian left works harder to smash this increasingly popular movement before it manages to seize control of the Austrian government.

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September 29, 2008 | Filed Under Politics 

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One Response to “Fascists rise again in Austria”

  1. Troy on September 30th, 2008 10:20 am

    Looks like the PP has a hope of governing nationally once again too then. With a long term economic downturn in sight, they are surely rubbing their hands, dreaming of all the immigrant scapegoating they will be able to do. Naomi Klein was right, disaster capitalism is on its way to Spain, first stop Madrid.

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