FPÖ surges to historic high as Austrian legacy parties punished for excluding election winners from govt

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ER Editor: We have covered the election win of the populist right FPO party at the end of September, as well as the apparent blocking of the party from forming a government, the so-called cordon sanitaire effect where one party refuses to co-operate with another. See —

Right wing triumphs in Austrian elections

Austria Faces Political Deadlock As Federal President Resists Giving Victorious FPÖ A Mandate To Form A Government

Kickl: A Centre-Left Austrian Government Is a Foregone Conclusion

Blocking populist right parties who win their election from taking power seems to be a common strategy being played out in other regions and countries around Europe. We have in mind France and regions in Germany. The French know they are being cheated.

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FPÖ surges to historic high as Austrian legacy parties punished for excluding election winners from government

Following the decision to exclude the FPÖ from the next Austrian government despite winning the election, the populist party’s support has soared by four points in a month, while legacy parties ÖVP and SPÖ have seen their support drop by three and two percentage points

THOMAS BROOKE for REMIX NEWS

The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), led by Herbert Kickl, has reached a historic high in the latest polling, securing 33 percent of voter support, according to a survey conducted by the Lazarsfeld Society for the news outlet OE24.

This represents a significant rise in popularity for the right-wing party, which came out as the single largest party in Austria’s recent parliamentary elections but was sidelined from coalition talks by the legacy parties.

In last month’s election, Kickl’s party secured the most votes, with 28.8 percent of the electorate backing his anti-mass migration policies.

The FPÖ’s support appears to have soared by more than four percentage points a month following the fallout from Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen’s decision to commission ÖVP leader Karl Nehammer with the task of forming the next government. (ER: OVP leader Karl Nehammer is on the side that lost!)

The controversial move, which Van der Bellen himself admitted was a deviation from convention, has raised concerns among many Austrians about the impending democratic deficit.

Legacy parties appear to have paid a high price already for the cordon sanitaire effectively imposed around the election-winning FPÖ.

The traditional center-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) saw a drop to 23 percent, down more than three points from its election result of 26.3 percent recorded just last month. Meanwhile, the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) also dropped in support from 21.1 percent to 19 percent.

The backlash appears to have stemmed from their conduct in initial talks immediately after the election and their refusal to name Kickl as the next chancellor, a position many voters see as contributing to Austria’s current democratic deficit.

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