Politicians from Europe's mainstream parties called on voters to stand agai...
VIENNA - Politicians from Europe’s mainstream parties called on voters to stand against the far right, after a video sting brought down the leader of Austria’s Freedom Party, hurting the momentum of nationalists days before a European parliamentary election.
Strache’s far-right Freedom Party, part of Austria’s ruling coalition since 2017, has been one of the most successful groups among the anti-immigrant and nationalists that have surged across Europe in recent years. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday: “We’re having to deal with populist movements that in many areas are contemptuous of values, who want to destroy the Europe of our values. We have to stand up to this decisively.”Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, a conservative who formed a coalition with the Freedom Party in 2017, pulled the plug on his government and called for a snap election on Saturday after Strache’s resignation.
“This new beginning should take place quickly, as quickly as the provisions of the Federal Constitution permit, so I plead for elections... in September, if possible at the beginning of September,” the president said. Voting is seen as impossible earlier because voters are away for the summer school holidays.
Neither Salvini nor Le Pen addressed the Austrian scandal directly. Salvini and his allies hope to emerge as the fourth or even third largest bloc in the European parliament after this week’s election, moving decisively into the mainstream.
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