Fellow Demonstrators
In front of the headquarters of the ÖVP, which has moved a significant distance to the right and is now in coalition talks with the far-right FPÖ party ("Freedom Party"). This was the destination of the demonstration, but at most a third of the 30,000 or so demonstrators found space in the street. There was a tailback right into the street before the last intersection.
"The leader of the anti-immigration, pro-Russia Freedom Party has been given the chance to try to form a government after months of coalition talks among mainstream parties collapsed." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/europe/austria-coalition...
The FPÖ won the last election with 28.85% of the vote, while the ÖVP received 26.27%. Despite the small difference, the FPÖ is now demanding gestures of humility and submission from the ÖVP in the coalition negotiations. The fact that the party is getting involved at all is evidence of the complete depravity of the once great Christian Democratic party.
Herbert Kickl's FPÖ is striving for an Austria modelled on Hungary's illiberal democracy. This would be the end of the Second Republic.
Fellow Demonstrators
In front of the headquarters of the ÖVP, which has moved a significant distance to the right and is now in coalition talks with the far-right FPÖ party ("Freedom Party"). This was the destination of the demonstration, but at most a third of the 30,000 or so demonstrators found space in the street. There was a tailback right into the street before the last intersection.
"The leader of the anti-immigration, pro-Russia Freedom Party has been given the chance to try to form a government after months of coalition talks among mainstream parties collapsed." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/world/europe/austria-coalition...
The FPÖ won the last election with 28.85% of the vote, while the ÖVP received 26.27%. Despite the small difference, the FPÖ is now demanding gestures of humility and submission from the ÖVP in the coalition negotiations. The fact that the party is getting involved at all is evidence of the complete depravity of the once great Christian Democratic party.
Herbert Kickl's FPÖ is striving for an Austria modelled on Hungary's illiberal democracy. This would be the end of the Second Republic.