Published January 18,2025
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The chief of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) on Saturday mentioned his occasion doesn’t wish to depart the European Union, however referred to as for an finish to Brussels’ “climate communism.”
Herbert Kickl, who’s prone to turn out to be Austria’s first postwar far-right chancellor within the coming weeks, instructed a crowd of round 3,000 supporters in Vösendorf close to Vienna that “no Freedom Party member wants to leave the European Union.”
However, Kickl mentioned that Brussels ought to enter a part of “self-reflection” as a substitute of “self-aggrandizement,” within the pursuits of the financial system.
Bureaucracy must be lower, the FPÖ chief mentioned, whereas advocating for the top of what he termed “climate communism.”
Kickl additionally repeated his calls for to create a “Fortress Austria” that’s hostile to immigration.
The nation ought to introduce a variety of “paragraphs and regulations, of benefits in kind instead of cash, of negative asylum decisions, of travel certificates, of deportation flights.”
Dealing with immigration is a query of destiny for the continent far past Austria, mentioned Kickl.
The 56-year-old – whose occasion has opposed EU sanctions on Russia – additionally rejected allegations that he’s beneficial to Moscow, as a substitute arguing he has a “closeness to neutrality.”
Austria is dedicated to neutrality below its structure and isn’t a member of NATO.
The FPÖ is at present negotiating with the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) over the formation of a authorities coalition.
Source: www.anews.com.tr