Posted on 12/16/2017 4:17:32 PM PST by Spiridon
The far-right Freedom Party has secured the key posts of foreign, interior and defense in Austria's new coalition government for its nominees.
Governing with the conservative People's Party, the move makes Austria the only country in Western Europe to have a far-right party in power.
Austria's president approved the new coalition on Saturday, two months after inconclusive elections.
People's Party leader Sebastian Kurz, 31. will be Austria's new chancellor.
He will become the world's youngest head of government......
Although it is the junior coalition partner, the anti-immigration Freedom Party has secured several key posts in the new cabinet.
Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache will be vice-chancellor. His party colleagues will run the interior, defense and health and social security ministries.
The new foreign minister will be Middle East expert and writer Karin Kneissl, who is not a Freedom Party member but was nominated by the party.....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Bomb Brussels, where the fascists live.
Mediaspeak: “Far right” = Moderate mainstream.
There’s hope for Europe, we can certainly say that tonight but there’s a long way to go.
True...who will be next to protect their citizens??
Most interesting.
Its rough political sailing in the UK and the EU countries in the months ahead and we will see how it shakes out.
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I thought nobody listened to records anymore.
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