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TexasTowelie

(116,554 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:48 PM Sep 29

Far right wins Austria election - World News Tonight - TVP World



Austrians have cast their ballots in parliamentary elections. Our main topic today is the results of the Austrian elections in which the anti-immigration and eurosceptic Freedom Party has come out victorious, while the ruling coalition has lost its majority.

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Far right wins Austria election - World News Tonight - TVP World (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 29 OP
Ugh wolfie001 Sep 29 #1
Well Abstractartist Sep 29 #2
Austria is such a beautiful country. Vienna is such a gem. I hate to see this happening here. Diamond_Dog Sep 29 #3
authoritarianism enid602 Sep 29 #4
Hate reading this. sinkingfeeling Sep 29 #5
Disappointing. sinkingfeeling Sep 29 #6
It wasn't so long ago that Austria was welcoming Hitler's troops into their streets. SupportSanity Sep 30 #7

enid602

(9,020 posts)
4. authoritarianism
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 04:33 PM
Sep 29

Wouldn’t it be delicious if we get rid of MAGA just as similar authoritarian groups are rising in those countries which have acted so smugly toward us?

SupportSanity

(1,087 posts)
7. It wasn't so long ago that Austria was welcoming Hitler's troops into their streets.
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 12:24 PM
Sep 30

Sorry to see this happen.

Maybe it was long enough ago when Hitler's troops marched in that they could forget it.

Generations later, here we are.

Sad.

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