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Related: About this forumFar right wins Austria election - World News Tonight - TVP World
Austrians have cast their ballots in parliamentary elections. Our main topic today is the results of the Austrian elections in which the anti-immigration and eurosceptic Freedom Party has come out victorious, while the ruling coalition has lost its majority.
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Far right wins Austria election - World News Tonight - TVP World (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Sep 2024
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Austria is such a beautiful country. Vienna is such a gem. I hate to see this happening here.
Diamond_Dog
Sep 2024
#3
It wasn't so long ago that Austria was welcoming Hitler's troops into their streets.
SupportSanity
Sep 2024
#7
wolfie001
(4,002 posts)1. Ugh
Nothing but hate and misery from RW parties since the mid-1870s.
Abstractartist
(186 posts)2. Well
Just remember . Hitler was born in Austria, so
Diamond_Dog
(35,704 posts)3. Austria is such a beautiful country. Vienna is such a gem. I hate to see this happening here.
enid602
(9,148 posts)4. authoritarianism
Wouldnt it be delicious if we get rid of MAGA just as similar authoritarian groups are rising in those countries which have acted so smugly toward us?
sinkingfeeling
(53,795 posts)5. Hate reading this.
sinkingfeeling
(53,795 posts)6. Disappointing.
SupportSanity
(1,257 posts)7. It wasn't so long ago that Austria was welcoming Hitler's troops into their streets.
Sorry to see this happen.
Maybe it was long enough ago when Hitler's troops marched in that they could forget it.
Generations later, here we are.
Sad.