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Austrian Conservatives Cement Country’s Shift to the Right in New Coalition
WSJ ^ | Dec. 15, 2017 | Zeke Turner

Posted on 12/16/2017 3:53:25 AM PST by GonzoII

In Europe’s latest shift to the right, the expected next chancellor of Austria announced that his conservative party had cemented terms to form a government with the country’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party.

In announcing the deal, which comes exactly two months after the Alpine country’s parliamentary election, Sebastian Kurz said his center-right conservatives and the nationalists had agreed to govern on a platform of tax cuts, social welfare and an increasingly tough stance against illegal immigration.

Mr. Kurz, who is expected become the world’s youngest leader at 31 years old when the country’s president approves his coalition, said that Austrians voted for “change in our land” and that the two parties had agreed to govern together after “negotiations in which (we) had different opinions and positions in many areas, but met as equals.”

The Austrian election and the resulting coalition are among the many political aftershocks that have rung through the continent since hundreds of thousands of migrants came crashing through Europe’s gates two years ago.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: austria; eu; europe; immigration
"Cement Country’s Shift to the Right"

This one's real, so believe the hype.

1 posted on 12/16/2017 3:53:26 AM PST by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

MAGA!


2 posted on 12/16/2017 4:16:32 AM PST by Original Lurker
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To: Original Lurker

Good one. It works!


3 posted on 12/16/2017 4:58:16 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: GonzoII

Good...we need allies


4 posted on 12/16/2017 5:25:08 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocke)
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To: Original Lurker

MÖWG!


5 posted on 12/16/2017 5:31:42 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: GonzoII

Maybe Austria and Hungary can reunite.


6 posted on 12/16/2017 5:32:59 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Can you give the full phrase in the ‘original Austrian’ (*cough* Obama still sucks *cough*)?


7 posted on 12/16/2017 6:23:42 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: GonzoII



Awesome! Let's hope Austria will also join Hungary in denouncing and discomforting soros.



8 posted on 12/16/2017 6:34:48 AM PST by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: grey_whiskers

Macht Österreich Wieder Großartig.


9 posted on 12/16/2017 8:36:28 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Interesting how Poland, Hungary and now Austria are becoming the beacons of sanity in Europe while the rest is sliding into self destruction.


10 posted on 12/16/2017 9:34:42 AM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: GonzoII

Austria needs to send the hordes of homicidal savages back to their own countries.


11 posted on 12/16/2017 2:52:03 PM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: Original Lurker

Mach Austreichland Grois Zurik? MAGZ?


12 posted on 12/16/2017 4:53:44 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I flunked Austrian in college. ;-)


13 posted on 12/17/2017 4:20:25 AM PST by Original Lurker
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To: Original Lurker

social welfare?


14 posted on 12/17/2017 7:38:38 PM PST by john barr
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To: dfwgator

Hoch Hapsburg!


15 posted on 12/17/2017 8:59:39 PM PST by Nothingburger
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