Far right in Austria projected to win tight election race
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Austria's Freedom Party heads for an unprecedented poll victory under Herbert Kickl, projections say.

The projections, based on initial results, give Kickl’s party 29.1% - almost three points ahead of the conservative People’s Party on 26.2%, but far short of a majority.

    • @[email protected]English
      9•3 months ago

      Joke parties making serious showing is the ultimate sign that the centrist neoliberal parties are utterly failing the populace.

      • @[email protected]English
        6•3 months ago

        Joke parties have existed since the beginning of western electoral democracies.

        This wikipedia article is a pleasant read.

        My favourite current one would have to be germany’s mildly successful “Die Partei”. With their best policy proposal being to. “Wage a war of aggression against Lichtenstein in order to force democratization and abolish serfdom”