Word: austria
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Though Joerg Haider's resignation from the top post in the right-wing Freedom party may help lift some of the psychic baggage other member E.U. nations have toward Vienna, it doesn't spell any real change in Austria's political landscape. After all, Haider was not a minister in the coalition government of which the Freedom party is the junior member, and he remains governor of the Carinthia province. Nor has his political viability waned; immediately after she ascended to the role of party head, Freedom party cabinet member Susanne Riess-Passer said she wished Haider hadn't stepped...
...other 14 E.U. member nations shunned Austrian heads of state. Tuesday morning Justice Minister Michael Krueger, a fellow Freedom party member who's taken heat for praising Nazi policies, followed suit and also resigned. But E.U. leaders realize that the Freedom party remains an unsettling force in Austria, enjoying 33 percent support nationwide - a popularity fueled by Austrian resentment over the E.U.'s shunning of Vienna. So while Haider may fade into the background in the short run - he said he will concentrate full-time on being governor of Carinthia - E.U. leaders will do well to note that his right...
...Sting succeed where the European Union has failed? Threats by the E.U. did not prevent Austria from forming a coalition government that includes the party of right-wing politician Jorg Haider, but perhaps the grumblings of a citizenry that has been denied the musical stylings of Sting will prove more effective. He reportedly will follow Lou Reed and cancel Austrian concert dates to protest Haider's policies. Earlier this month, the lead singer of the band Bush chanted a Jewish prayer during a concert in Graz, and the London Times reports some artists are thinking of planning a "Rock Against...
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Greece 91% Austria 82% Finland...