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	GENERAL ELECTIONS IN AUSTRIA,
		Austria is run with the "Proporzsystem", a code whereby the two main parties share the positions in the public sector equally.
		The Alliance for the Future of Austria is adamant about being called "liberal", a term which is rejected by the Liberal Party which has had this name since its creation in 1956, the exclusive use of which it aims to keep.
		The Liberal Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria both requested a seat with this organisation; Heinz Christian Strache's party was not allowed to join.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/autriche/legislatives/default.htm (2796 words)

	Alliance for the Future of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alliance for the Future of Austria (de: Bündnis Zukunft Österreich or BZÖ) is an Austrian political party founded by Jörg Haider, his sister Ursula Haubner, and other leading members of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) on April 4, 2005.
		At the initial party conference on April 17, 2005, Jörg Haider was elected leader of the Alliance.
		Günther Steinkellner, the leader of the Freedom Party in Upper Austria (which considers itself independent from the federal party and does not accept Hilmar Kabas' expulsion of Steinkellner from the party) instituted legal action for criminal damage and had the locks changed again.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alliance_for_the_Future_of_Austria (2223 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/01/2006 \| Center-left opposition wins in Austria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The current governing coalition is made up of the People's Party and the rightist Alliance for the Future of Austria, which had vowed during the campaign to reduce the number of foreigners in Austria by 30 percent over the next three years.
		The far right Freedom Party, which finished third with 11.2 percent of the vote, had pushed for the immediate deportation of all asylum seekers and other foreigners who commit crimes and argued that the number of foreign children whose mother tongue is not German should be capped at 30 percent in certain public schools.
		The Greens finished fourth with 10.5 percent of the vote, and the Alliance for the Future of Austria captured 4.2 percent, just over the threshold needed to remain in parliament.
	www.thestate.com /mld/state/news/nation/15653741.htm (549 words)

	Austria travel guide - Wikitravel
		Austria (German: Österreich) is a land-locked alpine country in Central Europe bordering with Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west, Germany and Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east and Slovenia and Italy to the south.
		Austria is a member of the European Union and the Eurozone.
		Austria has many great universities, the majority of which are located in Vienna, Graz, and Innsbruck.
	wikitravel.org /en/Austria (6444 words)

	Austria's likely new chancellor rejects coalition with far-right - iht,europe,Austria Elections - Europe - ...
		If, once the absentee ballots are counted, the Alliance does not make it past the 4 percent hurdle, its seats will be redistributed, possibly enabling the Social Democrats and the Greens to form a coalition with a thin majority.
		The Freedom Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria combined got more than 15 percent of the votes counted so far.
		In 2005, Haider broke away from the Freedom Party to form the Alliance for the Future of Austria in a turn toward relative moderation.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/02/europe/EU_POL_Austria_Elections.php (525 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Center-Left Opposition Leads in Austria
		Austria's opposition Social Democrats had a slight lead over the ruling People's Party in Sunday's national elections which could swing the country to center-left after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.
		The preliminary results showed that the Alliance for the Future of Austria had made it past the hurdle.
		And the Alliance for the Future of Austria vowed to reduce the number of foreigners by 30 percent over the next three years.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/w-eur/2006/oct/01/100101887.html (691 words)

	GENERAL ELECTIONS IN AUSTRIA,
		However political analyst Peter Filzmaier believes that this alliance is a dangerous wager that might attract some voters but distance others who might accuse the social democrats of joining forces with a liberal party.
		Finally the ecologists would like to end Austria's dependency on fossil fuels by 2050 and to do this they are proposing a development programme of alternative energies and the elaboration of a plan to go hand in hand with the necessary change in energy consumption habits over the next few years.
		According to the polls around half of the electorate is ready to vote for a different party from the one they voted for in the last general election on 24th November 2002.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/autriche/legislatives/default2.htm (1471 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Austria - Elections to the Nationalrat
		The Parliament of the Republic of Austria is composed of a lower house, the Nationalrat or National Council, whose members are directly elected by universal adult suffrage, and an upper house, the Bundesrat or Federal Council, whose members are appointed by the legislatures of the Länder or states of Austria.
		For the distribution of constituency seats, the Hagenbach-Bischoff rule was replaced by the Hare method, in which the electoral quota is calculated by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of seats to be filled; unallocated seats continued to be apportioned by the d'Hondt rule.
		After the State Treaty of 1955 made Austria fully sovereign (as well as neutral), and Soviet troops withdrew from the eastern part of the country, the KPÖ's fortunes declined: in 1959 it lost the few seats it held in the National Council, and in subsequent elections it gradually lost most of its remaining support.
	electionresources.org /at (1598 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
		Austria is a Federal Republic in which executive authority is divided between nine provinces and the federal bodies in Vienna.
		The Vice-Chancellor is Hubert Gorbach, of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ).
		Austria held the rotating EU Presidency between 1 January and 30 June 2006 (the UK Presidency preceded the Austrian).
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019061801856 (1684 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Victory for Austrian opposition
		The far-right party founded by Joerg Haider, the Alliance for the Future of Austria, seems just to have made it into parliament with 4% - this, despite its split from the Freedom Party last year.
		About 400,000 postal votes have still be to be counted and that could affect the final results, in particular, for the Greens and the Alliance for the Future of Austria.
		The most obvious alliance is a grand coalition between the People's Party and the Social Democrats, an option preferred by many Austrians.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/5396060.stm (330 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/02/2006 \| Gusenbauer rejects far-right coalition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Alliance had 4.2 percent, just above the 4 percent threshold needed to enter parliament but it was unclear if it would still make it once the absentee ballots had been taken into consideration.
		The head of the Freedom Party had said he wanted to be in the opposition but changed his stance slightly as the election drew nearer, arguing that the main parties were trying to marginalize his party.
		The Freedom Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria drew more than 15 percent of the votes counted so far.
	www.ohio.com /mld/ohio/news/15659944.htm (404 words)

	Analysis: Conservatives lead Austrian polls, rightists set the tone
		But by what margin and what this could mean for the country's future government is unclear, as a continuation of Schuessel's present coalition with the right-wing Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZ) seems unlikely.
		Six parties are competing for the 183 seats in Austria's parliament, with the VP leading opinion polls at 37 to 39 per cent of the vote.
		For the SP, Austria's dominant party until 1999, election victory seemed within reach until hopes were smashed by it becoming tangled up in a banking scandal.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /europe/printer_1206217.php (651 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/03/2006 \| Austria gov't resigns after elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gusenbauer on Monday said he did not consider it a "reasonable" option to form a coalition with the Freedom Party, which campaigned on an anti-immigrant platform, or the rightist Alliance for the Future of Austria.
		The current governing coalition is made up of the People's Party and the Alliance, founded by former Freedom Party leader Joerg Haider.
		It was not yet clear whether the Alliance would be able to stay in parliament once the absentee ballots are considered.
	www.bradenton.com /mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/15670941.htm (387 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Austria's likely new chancellor considers coalition talks with People's ...
		VIENNA, Austria – The head of the Social Democrats, which won the most seats in Austrian elections, said Monday he was considering inviting either the center-right People's Party or the leftist Greens to hold coalition talks.
		Alfred Gusenbauer, who appeared set to become they country's next chancellor, ruled out collaboration with Austria's two right-wing parties, the Freedom Party and the Alliance for the Future of Austria.
		If, once the absentee ballots are counted, the Alliance does not make it past the 4 percent hurdle, the seats it now tentatively holds would be redistributed, possibly enabling the Social Democrats and the Greens to form a coalition with a thin majority.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20061002-0447-austria-elections.html (458 words)

	ABC News: Center-Left Opposition Leads in Austria
		Austria's opposition Social Democrats had a slight lead over the ruling People's Party in Sunday's nationwide elections, preliminary results showed, but the margin was razor-thin and votes still were being counted.
		VIENNA, Austria Oct 1, 2006 (AP)— Austria's opposition Social Democrats had a slight lead over the ruling People's Party in Sunday's national elections which could swing the country to center-left after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.
		Three other parties the rightist Alliance for the Future of Austria, the Communist Party of Austria and Martin's List, a party run by an EU parliamentarian were hoping for at least 4 percent of the vote, the minimum needed to secure seats in parliament.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2513934 (448 words)

	Turkey 'Will Never Be Ready' to Join EU: Austrian Leader
		VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Turkey "will never be ready" for the European Union, the leader of one of Austria's two main rightist political parties insisted Saturday, warning against taking in the mostly Muslim nation.
		Peter Westenthaler, who heads the Alliance for the Future of Austria -- founded last year by Joerg Haider, the former leader of the extreme-right Freedom Party -- said in a statement that the best the 25-nation EU can do is offer Turkey alternatives to full membership.
		VIENNA, Austria Turkey "will never be ready" for the European Union, the leader of one of Austria's two main rightist political parties insisted Saturday, warning against taking in the mostly Muslim nation.
	www.aina.org /news/20061007130221.htm (496 words)

	Surprise defeat for Austrian Chancellor - GovTeen Forums
		Austria's general election on Sunday resulted in a surprise upset for the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) led by Dr. Alfred Gusenbuer.
		A slightly more moderate offshoot of the FPÖ, the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) barely made it past the 4% threshold for representation in the lower house of parliament, the Nationalrat.
		VIENNA, Austria -- The leader of Austria's Social Democrats, which won the most seats in the country's parliamentary elections, on Monday ruled out forming a coalition with the country's two right-wing parties.
	forums.govteen.com /showthread.php?p=3232284 (933 words)

	Kurdish Media - Art & Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		VIENNA, Austria - The leader of Austria's main opposition party, Alfred Gusenbauer, said on Tuesday that Turkey is not yet ready to become a member of the European Union.
		In an interview with The Associated Press days before a general election in Austria, Gusenbauer, head of the country's Social Democrats, said there was a "common understanding" that Turkey was a European country.
		But he said it was not yet ready to become a member of the bloc because "not all the European traditions have taken root in all parts" of the country.
	www.kurdmedia.com /ac/ac.asp?id=13328 (862 words)

	WRKO
		Three other parties _ the rightist Alliance for the Future of Austria, the Communist Party of Austria and Martin’s List, a party run by an EU parliamentarian _ were hoping for at least 4 percent of the vote, the minimum needed to secure seats in parliament.
		Although the Freedom Party appeared poised to get 10 percent, the main parties have ruled out including it in a new coalition, and analysts predicted the Alliance for the Future of Austria might not make the 4 percent cut.
		In 1999, the Freedom Party’s stunning 27 percent win in national elections _ and its subsequent inclusion in the government _ sparked months of EU diplomatic sanctions because of concerns over Haider statements perceived as anti-Semitic and sympathetic to Nazi Germany’s labor policies.
	www.wrko.com /apnews.asp?id=528015 (590 words)

	MiamiHerald.com \| 10/02/2006 \| Social Democrats poised to take rule in Austria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In this wealthy nation, the opposition's pledge to lower the number of unemployed and to reduce salary differences between the sexes won the most votes.
		It was followed by the Greens at 10.5 percent, boosting its presence by three seats to 20; and the Alliance for the Freedom of Austria at 4.2 percent, just over the 4 percent threshold needed to re-enter parliament and hold onto its eight seats.
		However, the results from absentee ballots could change the end result for the Freedom Party, the Greens and the Alliance, muddying possible scenarios for a new governing coalition.
	www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/news/world/15657279.htm (438 words)

	Conservatives Keep Lead Just Before Austrian Elections, Say Polls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The independent list of Hans-Peter Martin and the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZ) were slightly over or slightly under the four per cent hurdle for parliamentary representation in most polls.
		The tone for the elections was set by the in-fight between two right-wing parties, the Freedom Party (FP) and the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZ), both intimately linked to extreme right populist Joerg Haider.
		Haider, Austria's most notorious politician of recent years, split from the Freedom Party in spring 2005, formed the BZ with some trusty vassals and took over the FP's position in Austria's conservative coalition government.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1710515/posts (1077 words)

	EJP \| News \| Eastern Europe \| Mideast conflict sparks tension in Austria
		Haider has also been involved in an ongoing battle with Austria’s Supreme Court over the erection of bilingual road signs to include the Slovene language in the southern province of Carinthia, of which he is governor.
		The controversial former leader of the Alliance for the Future of Austria Party (BZO), which Haider founded in April 2005 after an internal row with fellow Freedom Party members and which is part of the coalition government, has previously been dubbed Saddam Hussein’s last friend in Austria by local Jewish groups.
		Opposition towards Israel in Austria is mounting as the conflict continues.
	www.ejpress.org /article/news/eastern_europe/10229 (333 words)

	Watermark Online - Florida's Distinctive Gay & Lesbian Publication
		Now, Austria and the Czech Republic are considering laws to protect same-sex couples.
		Austria's justice minister on proposed the establishment of "national partnerships" for homosexuals, a bold move in this predominantly Roman Catholic country that has yet to legally recognize same-sex unions.
		Austria, Ireland and Italy are the only core members of the European Union that do not allow some variant of a civil union for gays and lesbians, Gastinger said.
	www.watermarkonline.com /content.php?cid=722 (405 words)

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