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Austria’s far right says AfD victory marks the start of a system change

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl congratulated Germany’s AfD after it won 44% of the vote in regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt.
  • Kickl said the result showed that voters had punished the established parties and that a “patriotic” political shift was spreading to Austria.
  • The FPÖ won Austria’s parliamentary election two years ago with 29% but failed to form a new government with the Austrian People’s Party.

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party says the strong regional result for Germany’s Alternative for Germany marks a turning point. FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl declared that “the hour of the patriots and system change has arrived” after the AfD won 44% in Saxony-Anhalt.

Kickl called the result a “democratic show of authority” whose impact could be felt beyond Germany. He said voters had not only chosen the AfD, but had also punished what he called the “parties of the system” at the ballot box.

The hour of the patriots and system change has arrived.

· Herbert KicklThe FPÖ leader reacted to the AfD’s regional election victory in Saxony-Anhalt.

The FPÖ leader said the election showed that people were reclaiming their country and homeland. He predicted that AfD leader Alice Weidel would one day become Germany’s federal chancellor and argued that the result was also driving a patriotic shift in Austria.

Democratic show of authority

· Herbert KicklHe used this phrase to characterize the AfD’s 44% result.

The FPÖ has served three times in Austria’s federal government, most recently until 2019. It won the parliamentary election two years ago with 29% of the vote, but failed to reach a new governing agreement with the Austrian People’s Party. Recent polls place the party near 40%.

In the European Parliament, the FPÖ belongs to the Patriots for Europe group alongside Spain’s Vox, Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.

People are reclaiming their country and homeland.

· Herbert KicklHe described what he said the Saxony-Anhalt result demonstrated.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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