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	Election Resources on the Internet / Recursos Electorales en la Internet
		The results of legislative elections held in Norway from 1985 to 2005, as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Norwegian legislature are available in Elections to the Norwegian Storting.
		Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives and Elections to the German Bundestag describe the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation system used in both countries, with results of parliamentary elections held in New Zealand from 1996 to 2005 and in Germany from 1972 to 2005.
		The results of parliamentary elections held in Portugal since 1975 (now including results of the early legislative election held on Sunday, February 20, 2005), as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Portuguese legislature are available in Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
	www.electionresources.org (1087 words)

	Austrian legislative election, 1999 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Austria, the legislative election of October 3, 1999 (elections for the National Council of Austria) caused a major upheaval in the political landscape.
		In the 1999 election campaign, Wolfgang Schüssel, leader of the ÖVP since 1995, announced that his party would not be part of next government if it should fall behind its current second place.
		The heads the governments of the other 14 EU members decided to cease cooperation with the Austrian government, as it was felt in many countries that the cordon sanitaire against coalitions with parties considered as right-wing extremists, which had mostly held in Western Europe since 1945, had been breached.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austrian_legislative_election,_1999 (586 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 1999 National Council elections, the Social Democrats and the People's Party were expected to reach a new coalition agreement, but negotiations between the two parties broke down in early 2000.
	electionresources.org /at (1598 words)

	Situation and Outlook
		Austrians are also famous for their cakes and pastries, which are served after the main meal.
		Since the first general election to be held in the whole of Germany (1990) there have been six parties in the Bundestag.
		The Legislative branch, known as the bicameral Parliament that consist of the senate which seats 81; members are elected by popular vote to serve staggered two-four, and six-year terms.
	www.ianr.unl.edu /kendrick/425/Central-Europe.htm (5283 words)

	Libertarianism and the Old Right - Mises Institute
		The main criticism directed against Austrian economics in those days was that it was not formal or rigorous because it rejected the use of mathematics as the tool for constructing economic theory.
		Before the Institute, Austrian economics was in danger of becoming a hard-money investment strategy or an anti-rationalist process analysis — ironic indeed for a school rooted in Aristotelianism.
		On the other hand, and despite the continued growth of the state, we are seeing the flourishing of enterprise across the country and the world, an intense and renewed interest in the art of private life, and a continuing secession from establishment political institutions.
	www.mises.org /story/2274 (9293 words)

	Austria Government Information
		A Socialist elder statesman, Dr. Karl Renner, organized an Austrian administration in the aftermath of the war, and the country held general elections in November 1945.
		The SPO, which was the strongest party in the 1999 elections, and the Greens formed the opposition.
		It received 3.7% of the vote in the 1999 election and thus failed to enter the national legislature.
	www.traveldocs.com /at/govern.htm (781 words)

	Austrian legislative election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2006 general election for the National Council in Austria was held on 1 October 2006.
		Following the Austrian legislative election, 1999, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had formed a coalition government with the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), and later the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ).
		As a result of the 2006 election, the ÖVP-BZÖ coalition lost their majority in parliament; pundits expect that the next government will be an SPÖ-ÖVP coalition- the numbers permit no other two party coalition, and there has been no three party coalition since 1950.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austrian_legislative_election,_2006 (439 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Far-right expected to lose power in Austrian election
		Campaigning has ended in Austria for general elections that are expected to oust the political far-right from power for the first time in over six years.
		Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, 61, who took office in 2000 in a controversial alliance with the far-right, is hoping to stay in office after Sunday's poll with a change in coalition partners.
		As is traditional in Austrian politics, a "grand coalition" between the main right and left parties, the OeVP and the Socialists, is possible if there is no other option, with the chancellor coming from the party with the most votes.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=27283 (795 words)

	Germany
		Through 1999 other persons could apply for citizenship (and with it the right of unrestricted residence) if they met certain requirements, including legal residence for at least 10 years (5 if married to a German), renunciation of all other citizenships, and a basic command of the language.
		Authorities may use discretion in granting naturalization to persons who have resided in the country for 10 years; however, a new provision is to be enacted on January 1, 2000 granting persons who have resided in the country 8 years the right to naturalization upon application.
		The Federal Border Police state that, in view of the visa free transits prevailing at this border, persons not in possession of bank or credit cards routinely are required to show they that have the minimum necessary financial means for their intended stay.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/331.htm (9877 words)

	Migration Information Source - Austria: A Country of Immigration?
		Secondly, the presidency conclusions of the EU Summit in October 1999 in Tampere on immigration and asylum called for a further harmonization of asylum policies, eventually leading to a more or less uniform asylum system, both in respect to reception conditions and asylum procedures.
		New elections for the national assembly were held at the end of November 2002, resulting in a resounding victory for the conservative ÖVP (42 percent of the vote, up 15 percent from the previous election).
		The history of the Austrian "guest-worker regime" demonstrates that temporary migration has a tendency to become permanent and has long-term implications for the size and composition of the country's immigrant population.
	www.migrationinformation.org /Profiles/display.cfm?ID=105 (4194 words)

	Austria. Background Notes, July 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		It received 5.5% of the vote in the 1999 election and, thus, failed to re-enter the national legislature.
		Austrian exports to the United States in 1999 were $2.9 billion or 4.6% of total Austrian exports.
		Austrian companies are active in investing and trading with the countries of central and eastern Europe.
	www.pdgs.org.ar /country/austria-ci.htm (2869 words)

	Politics of Belgium
		For the election of the 25 Flemish and 15 francophone directly elected Senators, the country is divided into three electoral districts.
		Elections for the members of Belgium's municipal and provincial councils will be held in October 2000.
		Following the 1999 general elections, the CVP and PSC were ousted from office, bringing an end to a 40-year term on the government benches.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Belgium.html (3595 words)

	Central Europe Review - On the Inside Looking out: Austria's New OVP-FPV Government, Jorg Haider and Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		With 6% in the 1986 elections, the "third camp" of the FPÖ was of negligible size and consisted of a "liberal" and a "national" wing.
		Indeed, before and after the elections of October 1999, many Austrian observers were baffled by the fact that the numbers for the Austrian economy were so good but the general atmosphere in the country was so bad.
		In the election of 1994, ÖVP chairman and Vice Chancellor Erhard Busek made it perfectly clear that he was in favor of a renewal of the OVP coalition with the SPÖ "without ifs or buts" (ohne wenn oder aber), and the ÖVP and Busek paid a dear political price for their commitment to the coalition.
	www.ce-review.org /00/10/essay10.html (7039 words)

	Press Release - Election Results Show Rising Specter of Hate In Politics ADL Concerned Over Support For ’s Freedom ...
		New York, NY, October 4, 1999 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over the results of the Austrian general elections, where nearly one in three voters endorsed the right-wing, xenophobic, anti-Europe Freedom Party of Dr. Joerg Haider.
		The election results, showing the Freedom Party, or FPO, with 27.2 percent of the vote, reflects a disturbing rise in popular support for Haider, according to ADL.
		One disturbing incident reported to local officials in the city of Hainburg at the end of the campaign involved the smearing of a Star of David on an election poster of the Freedom Party.
	www.adl.org /PresRele/asint_13/3481_13.asp (341 words)

	Germany Alert - Latest Edition
		In state elections, the SPD scored little over ten percent in what was seen as the most stinging rebuke to social democrat Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's conservative economic policies.
		Coming in second in the election and the biggest winners in Saxony were the socialists (PDS), who received more than twenty-two percent of the vote, an increase of nearly six percent.
		In each election voters have shown their disdain for the chancellor's perceived abandonment of traditional social democrat policies in favor of an austere budget that would cut into Germany's social net.
	germanyalert.com /9908-09a.htm (974 words)

	(LIVE THREAD) Austrians vote in highly contested general elections
		Austrians are voting in general elections expected to be among the closest in the central European state since World War II and which could see the far right leave power after six years as the junior coalition partner.
		Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, 61, who took office in 2000 in a controversial alliance with the far-right, is hoping to stay in office with a change in coalition partners.
		The participation rate for the last legislative vote in 2002 was 84.27 percent.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1711543/posts (1622 words)

	* Ukraine - Information and Resources *
		In the 1998 legislative elections, the Communists won the largest percentage of the vote; however, they still held less than 25 percent of the seats in a parliament dominated by independents.
		The election in late October gave a small lead of 0.5 percent to Yushchenko, triggering a second-round ballot in November.
		Yushchenko won the election with 52 percent of the vote.
	www.ccmukraine.com /ukraine.htm (2699 words)

	Serbian nationalism from the "Nacertanije" to the Yugoslav Kingdom
		Elections to the Skupstina soon became direct and secret, and this popular assembly took control of the budget, the cabinet ministries and most legislative action.
		In 1900 a team of foreign doctors essentially called the queen a liar by refuting her claims to be pregnant with an heir to the throne.
		The voting followed ethnic lines: although the election was fair and democratic, it set a bad precedent because the voting amounted to a tyranny of the majority.
	www.lib.msu.edu /sowards/balkan/lect13.htm (4590 words)

	Venice Commission - Commission de Venise
		Other complaints refer to the traditional Austrian Bill of Rights dating back to 1867 or to additional recent human rights, such as freedom of the arts, the right to data protection or telecommunication secrecy.
		On 7 June 1999 the Constitutional Court adopted its first decision on the merits in which it affirmed its power to review decrees of the Government of BH and declared Decrees on the Ratification of the Agreement on Customs Co-operation with the Republic of Croatia as unconstitutional.
		As of 31 May 1999, it had registered 2178 cases (of which only 5% were referred by the Ombudsperson), held 20 public hearings and decided 114 cases on the merits.
	www.venice.coe.int /docs/1999/CDL-JU(1999)021-e.asp (4419 words)

	Austrian Press & Information Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Austrian Jews were robbed of their very existence and, by the beginning of World War II alone, 250 anti-Jewish ordinances had been issued.
		The repatriation of Austrian citizens who were exiled by the Nazi regime in 1938 and in the ensuing years is a process that has not been systematically pursued by the Austrian State.
		Its misjudgment of the Austrians' fear of atomic energy, which became manifest when the establishment of a nuclear power plant at Zwentendorf was rejected in a referendum, and the ensuing growth of the ecological movements led to the Socialist Party's loss of the absolute majority in 1983.
	www.austria.org /history_rep.shtml (6034 words)

	Austrian Election - October 1, 2006
		The last elections in Austria were held in November 2002, so it´s quite possible that the next election will be held in the Fall of 2006, the last date possible is in late November.
		In the elections in 1999 the parties of the grand coalition suffered losses (SPÖ at 33%, ÖVP at 27%), while the Freedom Party came in second with 27%.
		FPÖ and BZÖ are primarily focusing on Foreigners and Immigration.
	www.uselectionatlas.org /FORUM/index.php?topic=41172.0 (1687 words)

	IFES Election Guide - Country Profile: Austria - Elections
		Provisional results from the October 1 parliamentary election gave the Social Democrats the largest share of votes with 35.7%.
		According to the results released by the Interior Ministry, Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) candidate Heinz FISCHER won the presidency with 52.41% of the valid votes while Foreign Minister Benita FERRERO-WALDNER of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) received the remaining 47.59%.
		After the resignation of two ministers and the vice president, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel may be forced to call for early elections.
	www.electionguide.org /country-news.php?ID=15 (346 words)

	Hispanic Herritage Plaza - HispanicOnline.com
		elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 12 December 1999, with runoff election held 16 January 2000 (next to be held NA December 2005)
		A severe drought exacerbated the recession in 1999, reducing crop yields and causing hydroelectric shortfalls and rationing, and Chile experienced negative economic growth for the first time in more than 15 years.
		By the end of 1999, exports and economic activity had begun to recover, and a return to strong growth in 2000 is likely.
	www.hispaniconline.com /hh/c_chile.html (1120 words)

	NATO Colloquium 1997: Keynote Speech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		These policies, which have all begun to be implemented, should also bring the structure of the government account more into line with those of other industrial countries by reducing high rates of taxation on wages, by relying more on indirect taxes and corporate taxes, and through a reduction in transfer and subsidies expenditure.
		In addition, the tax system needs to be overhauled, the extent and mode of the privatisation of remaining state property (for instance, banks) must be decided upon, the service sector needs to be gradually liberalised, and the budget-financed part of services must be privatised or at least liberalised at an accelerated pace.
		The realisation of a balanced development in the period from 1999 to 2001 largely depends upon the effectiveness and co-ordination of these policies.
	www.nato.int /docu/colloq/1997/97-c.htm (6200 words)

	Austrian Addiction: February 2005 Archives
		Though anti-privatization in theme, this NY times piece sheds light on the manipulation that the left is imposing on the term "privatization." When broad socialized services privatize small aspects of their operations they're typically just cutting costs.
		By imposing a small distributed fine over the violators of all the state legislations and regulations these states are capable of raising fractional amounts of funding to be divvied out as compensation to victims.
		Legislation expands the criminality of voluntary action and police officers have an easier job in arresting old criminals than taking the time to find new ones.
	austrianaddiction.rationalmind.net /archives/2005/02 (13088 words)

	DIRECTORIO DE ENTIDADES DE PROMOCIÓN ECONÓMICA Y DESARROLLO LOCAL
		has upheld that the constitutional duty of central government to establish basic legislation for all should be understood to mean establishing a legislative common denominator.
		Nevertheless, this legislation cannot reach such a level of detail that it hinders the legislative development reserved for the Autonomous Communities, running the risk of invading the functions that their respective Statutes award in each case.
		In one or another field, it has had to assume political responsibility far beyond that which it is obliged to by the present basic legislation.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wess/iber/autonomy.html (4881 words)

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