AUSTRIA votes in Social Democrats, extreme right voted out of power

[Bluebear]

Sea change, Planet Earth?

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Austria's opposition Social Democrats won nationwide elections on Sunday, the government said, swinging the country to the center-left after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/10/01/ap3057884.html

[StellaBlue]

1. YAY!!!!!!!!!!

I thought those Austrians seemed too sensible for those RW nutjobs...

:bounce:

Edelweiss, edelweiss...

[Aristus]

2. Some good news for a change; thank God.

:thumbsup:

[skipos]

3. And the leftist candidate won in Italy a few months back, correct? nt

[cal04]

4. Here's more on the election

The result suggested Schuessel's campaign emphasis on staying a course of business-friendly tax cuts and playing up his image as a safe pair of hands stumbled on discontent over widening income gaps and Muslim immigration.


The Social Democrats, who accused Schuessel of fostering social divisions but appeared damaged by a scandal around trade-union owned bank BAWAG, had been expected to lag Schuessel by 2 to 3 percentage points.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1454112006

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. K & R

[malaise]

6. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!

Any word on Brazil?