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"As if nothing had happened": Strache founds a new party - and immediately makes allegations about Corona

2020-05-15T11:08:24.950Z


"In the tradition of the FPÖ": Austria's scandal politician HC Strache is now actually planning a comeback - with his own party and allegations about Corona.


"In the tradition of the FPÖ": Austria's scandal politician HC Strache is now actually planning a comeback - with his own party and allegations about Corona.

  • In May 2019, the Ibiza affair shook Austria - it buried the ÖVP-FPÖ coalition among themselves.
  • The then FPÖ party leader and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache subsequently lost all office.
  • Despite the scandal, the politician is planning a comeback despite all the scandals - with a new party and criticism of the Austrian government's Corona course.

Vienna - Despite all scandals: Former FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache is now actually planning a comeback. With a new party called "Team HC Strache, Alliance for Austria" he hopes to return to the Austrian political stage. 

Strache appeared at the appointment almost exactly one year after the advent of the Ibiza scandal. According to a report by the ORF, the 50-year-old praised his political work to date, making it visible that issues that burn people's nails had been made visible in recent years.

Austria: Strache is coming back - almost exactly a year after "Ibiza"

The new movement sees itself in the tradition of the political principles of the FPÖ , as it was shaped by it in its time as chairman, said the former vice chancellor on Friday in Vienna. The focus is on strengthening Austria's regional and national interests .

"We see ourselves as a counterbalance and countermovement to a completely out of control globalization of the world and a society that is becoming more and more uprooted," said Strache. The 50-year-old wants to run with the party in the state election in Vienna in October . Strache fell a year ago about the Ibiza affair, which also meant the end of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's (ÖVP) ÖVP-FPÖ coalition .

To Ibiza: HC Strache is planning a comeback with its own party - right-wing populist focuses on corona topics

In the video secretly recorded in Ibiza, he seemed susceptible to corruption. In October 2019, he completely retired from politics after the FPÖ had excluded him due to party-damaging behavior. A little later, Strache only offered to return and then thought aloud about his own plans. With the founding of the party The Alliance for Austria (DAÖ) , a group of dissatisfied FPÖ politicians, his gradual return to politics began.

Strache primarily relies on voters who fear for the job and threaten to slide into poverty because of the Corona crisis . The government's decision to lockdown was completely correct, he said. The start-up of the economy came too late and without sufficient support for those affected.

Austrian media representatives mocked on Friday, among other things, about the choice of name. "Team Strache reminds me of Team Stronach somehow," tweeted ORF journalist Armin Wolf , alluding to the rather short-lived political project of business mogul Frank Stronach in Austria. Strache was "full of character again", journalist Julia Ortner judged in the short message service: "As if nothing had happened. It's fascinating. "

Mr. Strache fully in character again. As if nothing had happened. It's fascinating.

- Julia Ortner (@Julia_Ortner) May 15, 2020

dpa / fn

Source: merkur

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