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Whoa.

DAWG.

Three days ago, when last we saw the victorious but beleaguered Austrian Freedom Party (FPO), they’d been relegated to the sidelines after taking the largest portion of votes during last fall’s elections but had been frozen out of government by the other parties forming a coalition to block them.

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…As with Germany and France, losers big and small immediately decided they wouldn’t play with the party that had pulled nearly 30% of the votes cast or let the FPO ‘win’ at all. They moved to form a coalition to ice the Freedom Party out of government.

…Like the National Rally in France, all other ruling parties are uniting to keep the FPÖ out of government …

These conspirators had been trying to get along since October in order to ‘form’ a government. But, as they actually had nothing in common other than their mutual loathing of FPO and losing elections, it turned out to be tougher than they thought.

…They’ve been working at the process of ‘forming a government’ in Austria since October. And it all blew apart today.

Talks on forming a new three-party government in Austria collapsed Friday as the smallest of the prospective coalition partners pulled the plug on the negotiations…

The FPO’s Michael Schnedlitz, the party’s General Secretary, reminded everyone that they had been, in fact, the ‘winners’ and demanded that Chancellor Karl Nehammer step down immediately and quit stalling.

Nehammer and his remaining partners immediately kept stalling, trying to work every angle possible to foil FPO from claiming the victor’s mantle and a place, if not the right to form, a new Austrian government.

In the face of that stubborn almost unhinged resistance to any populist party advances in Europe in general, this today was gobsmacking news.

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They called the ring thrown around the FPO a ‘cordon sanitaire.’

The announcement by Nehammer that he was stepping down as chancellor and People’s Party (OVP) leader seemed to have been the catalyst for the breakthrough.

The capitulation of the ruling establishment was complete.

…The announcement came more than three months after the legislative election on September 29. In that, the FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, emerged as the most popular party with 28.8 per cent of the vote.

The FPÖ had been unable to form a government due to a political cordon sanitaire imposed by other parties, labelling it as “far-right”. The ÖVP finished second with 26.3 per cent, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) with 21.1 per cent. The FPÖ has however taken part in previous government coalitions, the last time being 2019 (with ÖVP).

…Austria’s President, Alexander Van der Bellen, a member of the Green Party and a vocal critic of Kickl, announced on January 5 that he would meet with the FPÖ leader on January 6.

In a brief televised address, Van der Bellen acknowledged that opposition within the ÖVP on collaboration with Kickl had softened after Nehammer’s resignation. “I have used the last few hours to speak to numerous political decision-makers. During these discussions, the picture emerged that the voices within the People’s Party that rule out cooperation with an FPÖ under Herbert Kickl have become significantly quieter,” he said.

In an emergency meeting following Nehammer’s decision, the ÖVP leadership appointed Christian Stocker, the party’s general secretary, as interim president. The ÖVP also expressed its willingness to negotiate with the FPÖ to form a coalition.

Although Austrian law gives the President full discretion in appointing someone to form a government, it is customary for the leader of the most popular party to be given the mandate.

Initially, though, Van der Bellen had declined to grant that to Kickl, prompting the FPÖ leader to accuse him of ignoring voters’ will and creating “political chaos” by enforcing the cordon sanitaire.

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Van der Bellen wasn’t decent enough to keep the elitist sneer out of his statement regarding ‘allowing’ FPO to form a government. He had to fan those extremist flames one last time.

…After meeting with Kickl on Monday, January 6th, Van der Bellen said he instructed the FPÖ leader “to start talks with the ÖVP on the formation of a federal government. Herbert Kickl will keep me informed about the progress of these talks.”

The meeting on Monday marks a significant U-turn in Austrian politics. In October, the president went against political custom and declined to allow the victor of the September national elections, FPÖ, to form a government. Despite the anti-globalist party’s clear victory, Van der Bellen opted for the second-placed centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP).

As he did in October, the president once again signalled his disdain for the FPÖ by insinuating that the party could take anti-democratic measures once it enters government. Van der Bellen said he had not taken the decision to task FPÖ with forming a government “lightly.” “I will continue to ensure that the principles and rules of our constitution are correctly observed and adhered to,” he emphasised.

EVERYONE I DON’T LIKE IS A NAZI

The mainstream Austrian press is having what’s termed as a ‘meltdown’ at the thought of ‘far-right extremists’ having the chance to form a government. Still, there are a fair number of volunteers willing to remind ‘journalists’ what actions of the Austrian government got them here.

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These were retribution elections – ‘never again’ elections.

…Let me help you, then: because you promoted an insane Covid policy that significantly eroded the standard of living of the middle class, let alone of the lower middle class, and precipitated the level of inequality? Because you imposed insane mandates (the only country in the world to have made the Covid vaccine compulsory for all!) that rightly made the people furious? But hey, keep wondering.

When Austria ‘came out’ of lockdown, it was only for the vaccinated. You were still a prisoner if you hadn’t been jabbed.

The same ruling caste who imposed the draconian COVID restrictions and threw the doors open to ‘migrants’ only made their situation worse by clinging to power these intervening months. 

The Christmas Market massacre in Germany only served to amplify the urgency of the FPO’s anti-immigration stand.

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Where FPO had won in September with a tad over 28% of the vote, by Christmas, the percentage of Austrians identifying with the party had grown to over 37%.

Being threatened for not wanting a jab does tend to stick with you.

I mean, I’ll never forget listening to fellow Americans being condemned by that cheerful old…POS…to a ‘WINTER OF DEATH.’ That’s just for starters. And you’d best believe we thanked God every day we had a DeSantis instead of a Newsom or Whitmore.

The ‘terrified of what’s next’ crews are out who were, I have no doubt, all big vax advocates, as well as diversity is our strength types.

I’m not sure they realize their ‘the situation is absolutely alarming’ message is pretty incoherent. What should replace failing and/or authoritarian governments, and why shouldn’t voters be allowed to do so? Why shouldn’t voters be expected to want to take their countries back?

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That’s what’s terrifying these progressives – the thought that regular people have a voice. And have found it. That the people are using the votes to end this long, ruinous social and economic experiment.

‘Far-right’, according to this young reporter, means ‘similar to Georgia Meloni in Italy,’ anti-immigration, and anti-European Union.

Um…SOLD!

Personally, I hope Kickl turns out to be kick-ass, just like Meloni. That’s what I’ll be rootin’ for.

Wouldn’t that be something else?

Success is the best revenge.

I wonder if he eye rolls?