Austria's Far Right Signs a Cooperation Pact With Putin's Party
Source: New York Times
BERLIN The leader of the Austrian far-right Freedom Party has signed what he called a cooperation agreement with Russias ruling party and recently met with Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the designated national security adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump of the United States.
Word of the agreement with Russia was the latest sign that the Kremlin is forging bonds with political parties across Europe in what some European leaders suspect is a coordinated attempt to meddle in their affairs and potentially weaken Western democracies. Many of these efforts are murky and involve obscure groups, and it is unclear what, if any, direct involvement President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may have.
The Freedom Party leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, reported the signing of the agreement with United Russia, Mr. Putins party, on Monday on his Facebook page, where he also disclosed that he had visited General Flynn a few weeks ago in Trump Tower in New York.
Internationally, the Freedom Party continues to gain in influence, wrote Mr. Strache, a dental technician who has led the party since 2005.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/world/europe/austrias-far-right-signs-a-cooperation-pact-with-putins-party.html?_r=0
Translation: Hack left/center parties only, and spread fake news in Facebook/Twitter.
By the way, do you know which historic figure was a right-wing Austrian?
muntrv
(14,505 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)I'm afraid it would take more than that.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Javaman
(65,055 posts)LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)There needs to be a campaign to totally demonize that party connecting with Russia.