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Austria's swing to the far right on Poland? [229]
Okay Lyzko,
So basically there's various groups scattered throughout mainly Central and Eastern Europe that would be considered 'far right' by more left leaning critics. Such groups include Pegida, Golden Dawn, AfD, English Defense League (which has many Poles in it actually), Worker's Party (Czech), Sweden Democrats, Ruch Narodowy, Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski, Fidesz, Jobbik (kind of defunct now) with Austria having FPO (Freedom party). Some more successful than others - some with little or no parliament seats and elected politicians - some with a dominant majority in their country's politics. These smaller very far right groups tend to ally with more dominant established groups like the narodowcy tend to vote PiS/Kukiz in Poland for example. All these groups do intermingle and communicate - especially the various Pegida and Identitaire groups. Amongst V4 nations and Ukraine, the 'far right' is a HUGE movement. We not only have our political parties, but also social establishments, civil corps, and our paramilitaries have been incorporated under the government answering to the Interior and/or are part of national guard. In Ukraine especially with groups such as Azov and Svoboda being the leaders and strongest. They run everything from military camps, to kindergartens, to youth groups, to the parliament and deputy positions. The leaders of this movement are especially interested in the idea of Intermarium. This movement has gained a lot of prominence in Ukraine and has attracted those in the far right to gain on Ukraine's experience. Academics, historians, soldiers, students, professors, lawyers, politicians, from all over Eastern Europe recently came to a conference discussing Intermarium. High level preliminary discussions between Ukraine as well as other countries took place at this conference. Poland is now incorporating the 'weekend warriors' into their territorial defense and national guard. There are over 120k paramilitaries who train every weekend and receive a small 120 zloty stipend or something like that for every weekend they come out and train. They are meant to be called up should a Russian invasion occur. Many of these 120k paramilitaries are also members of groups like the narodowcy but many too are a bit more centrist and lean towards PO. Nonetheless, they are all patriots willing to lay their lives down for Poland and because of that they are all welcome and it is an honor to be with them.
As more Europeans become concerned with issues like the migrant crisis, failed socialist policies established by Merkel and politicians like her, and a rise in patriotism and identity, there are more and more people joining the ranks of the right every single day. This is no difference in Austria than it is in Poland or Ukraine, etc. - it's just at different levels. While in Germany there aren't groups like Azov or paramilitaries integrated into the territorial defense, there are powerful political groups like AfD which performed FANTASTICALLY at the last elections. They will be a thorn in Merkels side. More and more people are now seeing that there is masses of like minded individuals and they don't have to hide anymore. It's okay to love your country and your culture. It doesn' tmake you a racist or an evil person.
Anyway, because E and C Europeans have long held more patriotic, 'identitiaire' sort of views long before the current state of politics this has only affirmed their strength and support. Hence, people like Obran and his Fidesz being very popular in Hungary just as PiS remains more popular than any other party in Poland. In Czechy, Austria, etc. society at large doesn't lean as far to the right as perhaps Poland and Hungary, but they too nonetheless are very weary of the issues facing Germany, France, etc. They don't want their culture to be destroyed and to have to deal with terror attacks. They don't want the needs of citizens to be forgotten so that new comers who don't even speak the language and many who don't even plan to work or assimilate can be helped. They aren't interested in this kind of stuff.
That's kind of how it is in Austria. Organizations like Pegida and Identitaire have groups in just about every single European country - including Austria. These groups cooperate with others like FPO which is the dominant right (arguably far right) party in Austria. Here's some recent news I found - it sounds like they're kicking a$$ there. Lets also not forget that when Italy threatened to send 100k migrants up north Austria said they'd deploy the military and refuse to let them cross into Austrian territory.
washingtonpost.com/world/europe/austrian-election-yields-a-hard-right-turn-as-conservative-and-nationalist-parties-gain/2017/10/15/d1dce850-ad22-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.c85820681ba2
aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/austria-problem-party-171013082418684.html
The one unfortunate thing is that many of these hard right parties still continue to scapegoat Jews. It is most likely because of the many Jewish politicians who tend to lean left - both in Europe and US. Hypocritically, they are oftentimes also Zionists. These Jewish politicians often though don't look out for the interests of the normal, everyday ordinary Jew living in Europe. That is one thing that the far right parties need to understand. The 'Jews' in government that they hate so much have screwed over not just them but also their Jewish neighbors next door. Like Putin said - It's good to have Jews around - it's like a form of insurance. Due to the fact that education is very highly regarded in Jewish culture and religion, it is natural that many Jews go on to more 'white collar' sort of jobs - which include politics. These parties really should consider allying with more right-wing, conservative Jews as the British Defense League or whatever they're called have done - at least at the high levels. Unfortunately though, such an alliance would dismay most supporters of such far-right parties.
jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Success-of-far-right-Austrian-party-challenges-Israel-507616
