Electoral Reform

[NuurAbSaal]

Just came across the earlier comment by Kandrathe and yours about Xenophobic parties in Austria. I hope you'll forgive the double-answer:

@ Kandrathe: Jörg Haider's FPÖ never "took control" of Austria, they entered into government as junior partner of the conservative party ÖVP. They had little to no impact on actual political decisions and while I totally agree on them being xenophobic, they are not ultra-conservatives.

@ Chaerophon: Our far right-wing parties (yes we have two now, a nice political comedy, if anybody is interested), aren't that scary when you look at the general situation of the country. Jörg Haider rose to power because Social Democrats and Conservatives got used to being in power in the "big coalition" for decades, almost constantly since the end of WWII. He didn't win votes because a large portion of Austrians sympathise with Xenophobia, but because the voters were sick and tired of the two large parties' conduct. Both his former party FPÖ and his new breakaway project BZÖ have been totally marginalised over the last years, the BZÖ has all but ceased to exist.

I'm more scared of the general anti-EU and anti-Islam attitude that seems to be en vogue around Europe these days.

take care
Tarabulus