Austrian far-right set for strong showing in EU vote [Austria and the European elections 2014]

Feature looks at the situation in Austria as regards the campaign for the elections to the European Parliament held in May 2014.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer said that a far right candidate, Andreas Moelzer, should withdraw from European elections because of racist comments. Mr Moelzer, the lead candidate for the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) had called the European Union a "conglomerate of Negroes" and said it made Hitler's Third Reich look "informal and liberal".

ESO: Background information: European Parliament: Election, May 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-election-may-2014/

Wikipedia: European Parliament election, 2014 (Austria) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_%28Austria%29

ESO: Background information: The European Parliament elections in Austria will be the latest battleground in the far-right’s challenge to the country’s EU consensus http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-parliament-elections-in-austria-will-be-the-latest-battleground-in-the-far-rights-challenge-to-the-countrys-eu-consensus/

EUObserver, 01.04.14: Far-right waltz in Vienna: the Freedom Party and its fraternities http://euobserver.com/eu-elections/123693

EUObserver, 08.04.14: Austrian President calls on race row MEP to stand down http://euobserver.com/news/123781

BBC News, 08.04.14: Austrian leader calls on racism row MEP to quit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26930289

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 29.04.14: Who are you calling a Nazi? http://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/euro-elections-you-tell-us/marcus-how/who-are-you-calling-nazi-0

BBC News, 12.05.14: EU struggles for fans in affluent Austria http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-eu-27371463

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