Austria is set for a far-right chancellor. For the EU it’s the ‘new normal’
Jon Henley
Europe correspondent
If Herbert Kickl becomes chancellor, Vienna will join list of disruptive member states, putting EU policies in peril
Note the implication there. The people of Austria have no right to decide upon things. It should be the unelected bureaucracy in Brussels that does.
Truly, one of the grand liberal newspapers supports the post-democratic age.
Huh huh
Watch his head explode when AfD get 25% of the vote in February.
It’s always “far-right”.
Is it possible to have a political party to the right of the reporters political stance without it being tagged as “far-right”?
andyf, no. Journalists go to uni and are taught Saul Alinskys’ “Rules for radicals”.
Rule no. 13: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
tl;dr: ” the people have decided, the bastards…”
Herbert Kickl (pictured) could prove even harder to handle within the EU than Hungary’s consistently obstructive Viktor Orbán.
The job of the unelected EU is to “handle” democratically elected leaders and ensure the priorities of pleb voters don’t interfere with the EU’s plans.
This enhances your sovereignty and democracy, somehow.
Doctor, I sprained my ankle. Which one, the left or the far right?
“The people of Austria have no right to decide upon things. It should be the unelected bureaucracy in Brussels that does.”
Well, yeah. That’s been the whole idea since Arthur Salter and Jean Monnet dreamed it up a century ago. The mask is finally coming off.
@Esteban. Snigger. I’m currently suffering from a damaged Achilles tendon*. Since it’s been pain & misery the last couple of weeks I am, thanks to you, now identifying it as being in my far-left leg.
*And no. Not the result of a sports injury. Perish the thought! However one of my well meaning friends did suggest a visit to a spa might be beneficial. And treated me to it. First she, herself, did a massage. Then we did the cold pulsing shower, the steam room, the sauna, swum in the warm pool & floated in the jacuzzi being tickled by the bubbles. I woke next morning with a streaming cold to add to the discomfort. My suspicions are confirmed again. Anything promoted as being healthy is likely to be health damaging if not potentially lethal.
Centre right, hard right, far right, extreme right. It’s the same sequence as global warming, global heating, global boiling, climate breakdown. What comes next in the danger escalator I wonder. Good luck with the far left tendon bis
Bongo,
There’s a joke about that …… 30 years ago I was in the political centre, 25 years ago I was a conservative, 20 years ago I was on the right ……. now I’m far right and I haven’t changed my opinions on any subject.
@BiS
Those spas are places to stay away from. To understand how they work, read Mark Twain’s “The Appetite Cure.”
BiND,
I suspect that’s partly the natural order of things. But I also think that the left just went on autopilot to do exactly what they wanted, the mainstream right mostly went along with it, and parties like the FN, Reform, AfD are a reaction.
It’s clear that this isn’t just about older people. Reform has more followers on TikTok than any other party.
Has a journalist ever said, or even whispered, “Far left?”