World News 04-10-1999 Cliffhanger Election In Austria who: Jörg Haider what: Leads Austrian Freedom Party into second place where: Austria when: Yesterday snippet: AUSTRIA could face months of political uncertainty, reports Reuters, after "a cliffhanger election" yesterday in which second place was taken by the far-right Freedom Party, knocking the conservatives into third place for the first time since 1945. The Guardian describes the Freedom Party`s leader, Mr Jörg Haider, as "a Nazi sympathiser". He was voted out of office in 1991 when "as governor of the province of Carinthia he praised the employment policies of Hitler and rubbed shoulders with SS Waffen veterans at their annual meeting." The Jewish community is said to feel "deeply unsettled" by the prospect of the FPO coming to power. [... more]

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