Quote (fender @ 21 May 2019 10:29)
unsurprisingly your best 'defense' are unsubstantiated whataboutisms, but that doesn't make the corruption, foreign influence, and illegal donation scandals in your precious nazi party disappear. so for you to bitch about the lack of consequences for such behaviour is pretty rich, since you guys would and should be the first ones to suffer those...
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another post with more repetitions of fake arguments
Quote (Black XistenZ @ 21 May 2019 12:29)
well, the coalitions work overall was very popular. I wonder, however, how much of this popularity can be attributed to the FPÖ and to the ÖVP. was it the FPÖ-inspired crackdown on illegal and irregular immigrants that was popular, or were it the ÖVP-inspired tax cuts and reductions on job regulations?
was Kurz's introduction of a flexible work hours law which makes the sporadic 12hour work day possible really more popular than the FPÖ's hijab ban in elementary schools?
did he? afaik, on Saturday, he was willing to continue the coalition if the FPÖ had - on top of the obvious resignation of Strache and Gudenus - been willing to also sacrifice the interior ministry.
he only decided to go into a snap election because the FPÖ refused this power grab.
not in general, but in this case, his entire coalition partner was under fire from the scandal. but I guess it was necessary to save his own reputation and distance himself from the corruption that he himself had brought into the government when he formed this coalition with the FPÖ.
this case perfectly fits their narrative and their expectations, what did you expect? ^_^
what they still dont seem to get is that almost all right-wing populist parties suffer from the lack of professionality and integrity of their personnel, and that most of their voters vote for these parties because of the agenda in spite of the personnel.
yes, one prominent right-wing politician has been caught with his pants down and turned out to be a corrupt piece of shit. but none of this diminishes the issues which cause people to vote for the FPÖ and similar parties in the first place. yes, the FPÖ will suffer in the September election, but this is no long-term solution to the "problem" with right-wing populists. in the long run, the only way for the mainstream political parties to deal with right-wing populists is to solve those issues that make the populists strong. and they STILL refuse to do just that.
Kurz definitely is not thrilled by the prospect of having to coalise with the social democrats or the greens, so this clearly is a risk that he took deliberately.
certainly the FPÖ is responsible for the policy going new and more popular ways and thats why kurz wanted the coalition
i think fewer job regulations are not as unpopular as you would think if you have a running economy and fewer taxes allow the people to make more money
fighting illegal migration and political islam is obviously a bigger topic
actually its sad that the existence of the FPÖ is needed to do that by the way
i think kurz didnt want to continue despite saying otherwise before, as you stated
its pretty obvious that the FPÖ would not surrender the ministry they fought so hard to get and which is crucial for what they want to do
this was a delibetate escalation to get rid of the responsibility
he could have demanded new ministers overall instead
of course i expected nothing but a full crackdown and 24/7 propaganda against everything remotely right of the mainstream
and against everyone who even remotely questions the EU sinkhole in brussels
however it should be clear that he term populism has literally zero value, its only being used to discredit conservative opinions
nobody talks about leftist populism or the ridiculous green party fearmongering
obviously a party that is 6 years old like the afd cant have the same organisation as the 150 year old social democrats, who are swimming in money thanks to state support and are closely connected to the media
evil populists messing around makes better headlines than members of established parties constantly getting exposed for incompetence, corruption and stupidity
our government is the best example, von der leyen alone has caused more damage and scandals than these FPÖ guys could with a dozen meetings on ibiza
zero fucks given
the new political parties would be well advised to be more careful and not give responsibility to the those who are the loudest
they have plenty of capable candidates
kurz cant possibly think to form a government with the social democrats again, not doing that is what got him elected in the first place