Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11997
THE AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION OF 1995
In: Terrorism and political violence, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 39-44
ISSN: 0954-6553
THE UNEXPECTEDLY EARLY AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS OF 1995 RESULTED IN THE FIRST SETBACK FOR JOR HAIDER'S DYNAMIC FAR RIGHT "FREIEITLICHEN" MOVEMENT SINCE HE BECAME PARTY LEADER IN 1986. THE AUSTRIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS MANAGED TO OVERCOME EARLY INERTIA AND MOBILIZE THE COLLECTIVE FEAR OF MANY AUSTRIANS ABOUT THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FUTURE AND INCREASE THEIR PARLIAMENTARY STRENGTH. NEVERTHELESS, AFTER THE ELECTIONS THEY USED THEIR STRENGTHENED POSITION TO INTRODUCE A PROGRAM OF SHARP CUTS IN THE TRADITIONALLY GENEROUS WELFARE BUDGET WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEMANDED BY THEIR OPPONENTS.