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  Politics of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of the beginning of the twenty-first century, Austria's Second Republic presents itself as a stable federal republic with a written constitution, governed according to the principles of representative democracy and the rule of law.
Aside from the fact that the states of Austria lack an independent judiciary on the one hand and that their autonomy is largely notional on the other hand, Austria's government structure is surprisingly similar to that of incomparably larger federal republics such as Germany or the United States.
Austria's head of state is the Bundespräsident (Federal President), elected by popular vote for a term of six years and limited to two terms of office.
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 Two Plaques in the Karlskirche
National Socialism, on this conservative view, was but one of those pressures, though the most terrible, and the most demanding in the price it put upon resistance.
Politically, Vienna was an island of working-class socialism in a sea of conservative countryside.
And as a further consequence, the Social Democratic Party was outlawed.
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 Austria
Austria, shorn of Hungary, was proclaimed a republic in 1918, and the monarchy was dissolved in 1919.
Anne of Austria - Anne of Austria, 1601–66, queen of France, daughter of King Philip III of Spain.
Margaret of Austria - Margaret of Austria, 1480–1530, Hapsburg princess, regent of the Netherlands; daughter of...
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 Boulder Dems Democrats Home - Democrats - Social Democrats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
group in the mold of Tony Blair and is active in the Democratic Party.
The case of Nazi-era psychiatrist and later prominent Social Democrat Heinrich
Gross has shed light on the forgotten past of Austria's SPO party.
www.boulderdems.org /socialdemocrats   (232 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders
Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally or PDCI-RDA [Aime Henri Konan BEDIE]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Laurent GBAGBO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francis WODIE]; Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]; Union for Democracy and Peace or UDPCI [Gen. Robert GUEI]; over 20 smaller parties
Gibraltar Social Democrats or GSD [Peter CARUANA]; Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party or GSLP [Joseph John BOSSANO]
Democratic People's Party or DPP [CHO Sun, chairman]; Grand National Party or GNP [YI Hoe-chang, president]; Millennium Democratic Party or MDP [leader NA]; United Liberal Democrats or ULD [KIM Chong-p'il, honorary chairman, KIM Chong-ho, acting president]
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 Whiskey Bar: Whither Canada?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The document talks about the need to develop a North American brand, and muses about the possibility of common immigration and customs policies, closer consultation on monetary policy and integrated security policies.
Anschluss was first advocated by Austrian Social Democrats.
Hitler's excuse for swallowing up the independent nation of Austria and incorporating it into a Greater German Reich was that he was "protecting" the Austrian people from a Communist uprising.
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 February 15 Events in History
February 15, 1977 Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
February 15, 1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
February 15, 1763 Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg
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