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Austria: Electoral setback for Haider

01 January 1996

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The far-right Freiheitliche Partei Osterreichs (FPO), led by yuppie fascist, Jorg Haider, suffered an electoral setback in the December 1995 general election in Austria. The elections saw the first drop in support - admittedly by only 0.5% - for the FPO since Haider took over as leader of the party in 1986. The FPO finished as the third largest party with 22% of the vote. Following the election investigators in Haider's home town of Klagenfurt announced that they would be conducting an investigation relating to possible charges for reactivating nazism. Haider was filmed, on an amateur video, addressing a rally of German and Austrian war veterans, including former Waffen-SS members. He was seen to embrace the former Waffen-SS men and described them as "decent men of good character." Following the disclosure the right-wing Kurier newspaper described Haider as the "son and heir" of the nazi regime. Independent, 18.12.95; Times, 18.12.95.

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