Thursday, February 1, 2018

(So whaaat!?- You shldnt fold ta da jooos!- CDH)-  Austrian Freedom Party politician resigns over neo-Nazi scandal
ReutersFebruary 1, 2018
FILE PHOTO: Head of Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) Heinz-Christian Strache delivers his speech during an election campaign rally in Vienna, Austria, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
VIENNA (Reuters) - A high-ranking official from Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) resigned on Thursday, yielding to mounting pressure over his association with a group accused of being neo-Nazis.

The FPO, which says it abandoned Nazi ideology espoused by its founders in the 1950s, entered government last month as a junior partner of Sebastian Kurz's conservatives after coming third, with 26 percent of votes, in elections in October.
Its top candidate in regional elections in Lower Austria held last Sunday ha https://www.yahoo.com/news/austrian-freedom-party-politician-resigns-over-neo-nazi-140344817.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/austrian-freedom-party-politician-resigns-over-neo-nazi-140344817.html

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