https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/National-elections-in-Austria-A-disaster-for-democracy-and-the-welfare-state https://internationalviewpoint.org/National-elections-in-Austria-A-disaster-for-democracy-and-the-welfare-state 2024-10-03T10:47:19Z text/html en EF, WH and PS Austria <p>The right-wing extremist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) under Herbert Kickl received 29% of the vote and was elected by 1.4 million, almost twice as many voters as five years ago. This is the best result for the FPÖ since its founding in 1955; in 2019, it was 770,000. Compared to the last election for the National Council (the parliament of the Federal Republic of Austria), where did the voters come from? 76% voted for the FPÖ again, 443,000 came from the conservative party ÖVP and 258,000 from non-voters.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV597-October-2024-" rel="directory">IV597 - October 2024</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Austria-+" rel="tag">Austria</a>