Austria: Thousands of people demonstrating against government

In Vienna, 20,000 people protested against the policy of the right-wing Conservative government. They accuse them of xenophobia and social degradation.

Austria: Thousands of people demonstrating against government

In Vienna, many people have gone to streets against politics of Derrechtskonservativen government. After Polizeiangaben, around 20,000 people took part in peaceful protest – The organizers spoke of up to 50,000 demonstrators.

Left-wing groups and proponents of a tolerant asylum policy had called on Austrian population zurDemonstration. MitPfeifkonzerten and transparent protested dieTeilnehmer area politics of government formed in December. They accuse DerKoalition of conservative ÖVP of Federal Chancellor Sebastian short of right FPOe racist, right-wing extremist and NeofaschistischeTendenzen. Many also fear social degradation.

"Our own will not be conquered by new fascists," said MichaelGenner, activist DerPlattform for a human asylum policy, at DerAuftaktkundgebung. Among organizers of protest were creatinga offensive against right and platform radical Left.

Zuvorhatte FPOe-Parteichefund vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache affirms that coalition will stop dieillegale migration to Austria. Beimtraditionellen New Year's meeting of his party in Vösendorf, Earth's political leaders threw a "völligesVersagen" during refugee crisis. The Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl (FPOe) also announced that he would like to place asylum seekers in future "concentrated" in basic service centres.

After DerNationalratswahl in October, ÖVP and FPOe jointly formed a coalition. The new government under ÖVP chairman Sebastian Kurz wants to cut a tougher course against immigration driving UndSozialleistungen. Furrmore, tax cuts should not be debureaucratized. Already in year 2000 ÖVP and FPOe had ruled toger, Austrians protested several times against alliance. At that time, up to 250,000 people participated in biggest demonstration.

Date Of Update: 14 January 2018, 12:02
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