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Austria: Freedom Party gains in polls

01 September 1996

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The neo-nazi Freedom Party, led by Hitler "groupie" Jorge Haider, gained almost 28% of the vote in Austrian European elections in October. The far-right party improved on the 22% it gained in last years general election and was only just behind Austria's two dominant parties, the People's Party (29.6%) and the Social Democrats (29.1%). Haider has praised Adolf Hitler for his employment policies and last year commended the Waffen SS when he addressed a veterans' rally. The Freedom Party will now have six seats in the European parliament (one more than before) and will align itself with the French Front National, headed by Jean Marie Le Pen, and the northern Irish DUP's Ian Paisley. Wolfgang Jung, a Freedom Party MEP, announced that they had already developed contacts with some Euro-sceptic British Conservatives with the objective of building an informal anti-Maastricht bloc. The party has also formed links with sir James Goldsmith's Referendum Party and Umberto Bossi's Northern League. Independent 15.10.96.

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