Austria: Parliamentary Election, 28 September 2008: Austria faces vote as coalition splits

Austria faces elections in September 208 after the conservative People’s Party (OVP) quit the 18-month-old grand coalition government, July 2008, saying it could no longer work with Alfred Gusenbauer, the Social Democratic Chancellor.

BBC News, 7.7.08: Austria ruling coalition crumbles http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7493842.stm

Wikipedia: Austrian legislative election, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_legislative_election,_2008

IHT, 7.7.08: Austria faces new elections after government collapses http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/07/europe/austria.php

Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Austria - Elections to the Nationalrat (National Council) http://electionresources.org/at/

IFES: Election Guide: Austria: Parliamentary, 28 September 2008 http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/433/

Robert Schuman Foundation: European Elections Monitor: Austria: General Election, September 2008 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/oee.php?num=534

ESO: Background information: Austria’s Social Democrats eye poll win http://www.europeansources.info/record/austrias-social-democrats-eye-poll-win/

Spiegel Online International, 18.7.08: A Grand Coalition Fails, Leaving Room for Radicals http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,566744,00.html

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