Austrian Chancellor resigns following huge election wins for the country’s Anti-Muslim Immigration Party – IOTW Report

Austrian Chancellor resigns following huge election wins for the country’s Anti-Muslim Immigration Party

Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 4:00 MJA Uncategorized 5

BareNakedIslam: Austria’s social democratic chancellor has resigned suddenly, becoming the first major political victim of Europe’s refugee

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crisis after accusations from within his own party that he had caved in to rightwing populist demands to build fences on the country’s borders.

Werner Faymann, whose Social Democrats (SPÖ) suffered heavy losses in the first round of the presidential election last month, had initially taken a sympathetic approach to German chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy to support newcomers to Europe.  more

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