Why Austria’s Coalition is Suing Itself

[@kaanpleb]

Kurz resigned for a diffrent scandal. He resigned for faking his popularity polling in 2016, not for Ibiza

[@milantoth6246]

and later it turned out those fake polls that overstated his popularity in fact understated it. Laughable scandal and witch hunt. Austria will deserve the horrors that will come to them with Kickl as chancellor.

[@tomlxyz]

He was involved in many shady things

[@foxxyboxxy9348]

with tax payers money I might ad

[@ratatatuff]

@@tomlxyz But nowhere near as shady and brown as Strache.

[@Lunarpenguin-d1s]

Wasnt his resignation about wrongful statements under oath?

[@buzzthedevourer5333]

honey wake up! new collapsing coalition just dropped!

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

Honestly why I don't like Parliamentary systems, the coalition collapses

[@thatguy7868]

​@@ulyssesgrant4324Thats the best part, you can watch the news like a TV drama

[@rogink]

@@ulyssesgrant4324 If you don't like democracy, as the saying goes, go live in Russia!

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

@@rogink No I like Congressional system of government, with a President, set election dates, and three branches. Parliament is Legislature, Judicial and the Executive comes out of Legislature.

[@alexbasala8119]

​@rogink if you don't like democracy or a replica go live in the US with democrats.

[@sciencefliestothemoon2305]

The "u" in Kurz is pronounced the way as it is in butcher. But you can call him "shorty" that works too.

[@Lukav1]

Fun fact, in many slavic languages, kurz means dick, which is pretty funny to think about from an ethymological standpoint, and also what his name means if you combine German and lets say Slovenian.

[@SophiaAstatine]

You know what really salts my cereal? Whenever an English speaker calls Kurzgesagt for cursed gesacked

[@kaanpleb]

He is suprisingly tall. My Brother was at His lawsuit

[@Andreas-pj6np]

@@kaanplebbut Kurz still means short in german :(

[@ignazstaudinger5361]

@@Andreas-pj6npAnd short can also be translated as stupid, which he also was.

[@thedawapenjor]

Man the number of 'crisis' videos needed to keep up with everything is crazy.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

I live in Austria and I had no clue there was a crisis going on

[@mtaufiqnmtn]

You should worry about your rogue minister who made a mess recently​@@Ruzzky_Bly4t

[@soundscape26]

Save yourself some time because most of these are not worth your attention if you are not directly affected.

[@florianhug8069]

calling something a "crisis" or "far right" just cause a party slightly right of the center gets more votes is the only crazy thing here. ofc it seems more to the right when the mainstream moves to the left more and more over the years...

[@kommdegaya753]

​@@Ruzzky_Bly4tJust vote FPÖ, that is the only advice I can give you, everything else will screw us over.

[@gabciol2699]

You forgot to mention that nehammer ruled out a coalition with herbert kickl as the leader of the fpö. Of course there have been many occasions where the övp did not hold on to there promise(like in salzburg) it is still important to mention this fact.

[@dawoifee]

Because ÖVP does not hold to this promise it is not worth mentioning. Everybody knows they will govern with the FPÖ if they get the required seats.

[@tru7hhimself]

if the övp rules something out, it's a sure sign they want to do exactly that after the election. this has held true since schüssel said "wenn wir dritte werden gehen wir in opposition".

[@onlyMetalisMusic]

They may break their promise, but there's still the chance, that our (Green Party) president, won't give the power to the FPÖ!

[@telcharthegreatsmithofthef7585]

@@dawoifee it's not certain, especially since it looks like the ÖVP will be part of a coalition anyway, no matter with which party. A coalition with the FPÖ has backfired everytime for the ÖVP so far, and now in such a weak position it's unlikely to turn out better - not to say they won't be stupid enough to try anyway, but still.

[@MDoomhammer]

easily fixable, nehammer resigns party leadership and clears the spot for someone who hasn't ruled out such a coalition... happened in the past :p

[@obernot]

It was nit only vienna, carinthia too, both are SPÖ.

[@blubthewut1688]

I've watched hundreds of TLDR videos and am still waiting for their first video without any mistakes so I can finally give them a like

[@TheAkantor]

they also misspelt "Kurtz" (Kurz would be correct) but who has time for details nowadays^^

[@wildfire9280]

@@blubthewut1688 That’s some real dedication.

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

Burgenland too.

[@obernot]

@@TheAustrianAnimations87 no Burgenland was against the law, but its SPÖ.

[@EdLeslie-h4w]

Thankyou guys and girls for the explanation..... I'm a Brit living in Austria. Didn't notice what was happening in Vienna as I live in the foothills of the Alps.

[@objectdefiance4027]

You are mega touching grass your whole life then.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

thank you for bragging

[@NIlleyla]

contrary to Germany, Austrian mountains already have internet ;)

[@NorthRemembers]

It's kinda a nothingburger tbh. Elections are this year anyway. ÖVP and Greens were at each others throats before. FPÖ would have won anyway too. Didn't really change much in terms of austrian politics.

[@biggamer7876]

@@NIlleyla Just barely.

[@MagicShow-y4e]

Thanks, Spain deserves its own video, not on Sanchez himself, but rather his coalition partners. The EU election performance for them was... Yikes

[@antoniodepalma-f8i]

Indeed Sumar right now is a headless party. But they are not alone Esquerra is also leaderless and making curious political moves in the process of chossing the next autonomic president of catalonia.

[@almighty3946]

It really wasn’t a bit deal

[@javierpicazo2107]

The European election in Spain has never been a great deal

[@SirSX3]

Voters are punishing them

[@thematthew761]

Do you think the govt falls?

[@telcharthegreatsmithofthef7585]

a ÖVP and FPÖ coalition is unlikely: - while some ÖVP figures do sympathize with the FPÖ, most leading politicians (including Nehammer) have ruled a coalition with them out - they likely won't have enough seats together for a coalition anyway, and there is no other party willing to enter a coalition with the FPÖ - contrary to what is stated in the video, the ÖVP is willing to enter a coalition with the SPÖ, as leading figures from both parties have recently affirmed - the president of austria has repeatedly stated in the past that he will not accept the FPÖ party leader as chancellor

[@Rui301]

The video only said it was ruled out in the previous elections not this one. The coalition i mean.

[@lucaslevinsky8802]

ÖVP and FPÖ coalition WOULD probably have a majority, ÖVP and SPÖ wouldn't Grüne ÖVP SPÖ or Neos ÖVP SPÖ perhaps But no way for a ÖVP SPÖ coalition, Andreas Babler is also member of the SPÖ Left Faction with may be troublesome for a SPÖ ÖVP coalition

[@anythinggoes5574]

Hopefully FPÖ can actually get into power.

[@ondrejrichtr6835]

​​@@anythinggoes5574of course, what Austria needs the most is more nazi sympathizers 🤡

[@Saebi22]

@@anythinggoes5574 If you want to go back to the 40's

[@botatobias2539]

As a Romanian, screw Nehammer. That is all.

Austrians agree with you, he sucks

[@LumenMichaelOne]

As an American living in Vienna, I think Nehammer has been good for Vienna and for Business. He has had to thread a needle tightly. I think he's a huge improvement over Kurz, Waymer Feyman or Christian Kam. Karl Nehammer is at least competent. Not so much the others.

[@blubthewut1688]

@@LumenMichaelOne Thinking Nehammer is competent just because he's better than Kurz shows how little you understand about european politics. If you have ever followed the austrian media and the scandals he has been involved already, you would think twice before writing such a nonsense.

[@NoExpertHere]

every *Western country BADLY NEED Right/far Right* , for at least next 10-15 years for their survival. For Canada it should be next 50 years.

[@vincentschult1725]

Is this because of Austria's blockade / restriction on Romania's and Bulgaria's accession to the Schengen area?

[@soundscape26]

Watching these videos I get the feeling that pretty much every country is on the brink of some war/chaos/crisis. Gonna go outside now, everything looks quite normal when you are not online. 😄

[@Chrissy717]

That sounds like a quote from a German citizen in 1932. Apart from the climate crisis, most western nations are also facing political ones. Populism is on the rise everywhere and that's not a good thing.

[@soundscape26]

​@@Chrissy717The current status quo in Europe is pretty different from 100 years ago and it's not expected us Europeans will start killing each other once again anytime soon. Present day democratic institutions are much stronger as well. Sure there will always be problems to solve but watching too many videos on the same subjects will throw your mind in a loop. You are falling for the attention economy.

[@kommdegaya753]

​@@Chrissy717It is very good that the populists are on the rise, the traitors are in office now.

[@JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.]

​@@soundscape26If following the news and knowing what's happening is falling for the attention economy then maybe more of us should start paying attention. Saying "Well institutions are more democratically and liberally aligned than before so it's not so bad" isn't good enough. We used to have trans people and trans institutes in the 1920s, but now everyone thinks trans people were invented in 2012 or something. Politics never ends and established trends get bucked. Ignorance only enables your enemies.

[@soundscape26]

@@JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. I follow the news like everybody else, I just don't let them making me think there are crisis everywhere all the time. That's what headlines are designed to do and it's really bad for your psyche.

[@kauz33]

Another far right "anti-establishment" party that doesn't have a single economic anti-estabilshment position, who would have thought

[@mapache69.]

Because the economy has up’s and downs, but once your countries indigenous population has gone extinct, that’s it!

[@kauz33]

@@mapache69. a yes, the most ethnically endangered population of all, the austrians. It would have figured that after producing one genocidal freak you guys would actually learn what that means woudn't it?

[@Exodius3]

⁠@@mapache69.If the indigenous population goes extinct, not foreigners are to blame, but the indigenous people themselves. If you dont get babies, there wont be new austrians, as simple as that. If there are foreigners now, is irrelevant then.

[@memedon8149]

@@mapache69. mentally challenged

[@chrisbeer5685]

​@@mapache69.Right, we have to ensure the survival of the Arian population. Wait...

[@Doping1234]

Nehammer is not the actual boss, other than in germany (I think) the chancellor cannot order other government members to do stuff. But yeah, Austrian politics was pretty crazy the last years. RIP Pilnacek.

[@capslocked7274]

Strache not just offered government contracts he also illustrated which media outlets to influence in order to sway public opinion the most efficiently

[@JorgeLopez-qj8pu]

Exactly one about privet business interest other about government interests, none are good

[@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155]

Strache said multiple times in that video that everything has to follow the law and he won't do anything illegal, literally. And yes this is legal here and the government gives out "inserate" to the media companies, every single government does this always. Is this a good thing? No obviously not but this is common knowledge and no secret, just because you film it with some hidden camera it is all a scandal all of sudden for some people. Let's not forget that he was acquitted of basically everything.

[@DaOesi]

As an Austrian, that fact that we headed to another FPÖ/ÖVP coalition is insane. Those parties are involved in so many scandles, corruption and so on. Honestly my biggest hope is, that those two screw up so bad again, that their coalition collapses

[@TrTurkiyeTravel]

😂😂 euere politiker bringt millionen krimenelle dann aber rumjammern. Richtiger katoffel.

[@sqrtof81]

we'll see if that works out - I fear it might not... and honestly, while I hate to be all doomerist about this, we'll see if our democracy lasts that long

[@arthurabbott4792]

D san olle korrupt. Farbe mocht kan unterschied du koffa :D

[@chalku5606]

so the SPÖ and Green have no scandals? ^^ Kleingarten-Affäre and so on... they are ALL corrupt i assume in some way. EVERYONE!

[@celinepa8246]

The problem is that the entire country is drowining in corruption, no matter who is leading it. It`s very much part of Austrian mentality. It`s true that the right may be even worse, however the rest isn`t all that much better Neos are the only ones with no scandal attached to them yet but they`re still fairly young. Van der Bellen may say " so sind wir nicht" as much as he wants. It is EXACTLY how we are and have been and probably will be. It is disgraceful.

[@dantf537]

As an Austrian, the incompetence of the ÖVP is already there for all to see. They have more or less 0 credibility any more and, along with the ludicrously intolerant FPÖ, have constantly used the Greens as a political scapegoat. Thus the Greens have had their credibility and ability to push for sensible environmental laws hugely undermined by the right-wing, a tactic all to familiar in Europe currently. Considering, however, the EU Nature Restoration Act, was shown to be supported by nearly 82% of the Austrian public, it is incredibly encouraging for an environmental minister to actually do her job and support the will of the people. Being against a Nature Restoration Act should also not be considered 'controversial', as its significance and importance for both climate protection and mitigation of natural disasters such as flooding (see recent flooding issues in Bavaria stemming largely from both agroindustrial greed and political incompetence) is unarguable. The elections in September in Austria will, however, most likely see the FPÖ come into power - despite the improbability of Kickl's position as tenable in a coalition with the ÖVP or SPÖ - and will see the same cycle repeated over and over again. The inability of large swaths of the Austrian public to learn from history (considering the FPÖ was founded by former Nazi members and with Ibizagate being only five years ago) is as frustrating as it is worrying.

[@LevisH21]

I happen to be a very conservative and against EU supremacy and worship of the left of this garbage institution of rich billionaires of WEF and George Soros puppet master. but at the same time I feel disgusted by the right-wing political parties in Western European countries to create alliance with Russia. I come from Eastern Europe, more precisely Romania. Romania, Poland and Baltic nations don't have the nonsense woke leftist ideology that is happening in the West but at the same time we don't agree with our conservative counterparts in the West to create alliance with Russia. or to give up on funding and helping Ukraine to not be taken over by Russia. Russia has always been a colonialist empire that invaded and took lands from Eastern European countries. from Poland, Romania, Baltic nations and Finland. so like I said before. it is disgusting to see Le Pen in France or AFD in Germany or FPÖ in Austria to have positive views and good relationship with Russia and Putin. this will not go well with my country of Romania. also, the way Austria is treating Romania by not allowing us into Schengen or how Austrian businesses abuse their power in Romania with regards to energy and forestry is criminal. this is why I think 2 years ago there was a scandal and laws passed by the Romanian government against Austrian companies. Le Pen, FPÖ and AFD have completely given up on their conservative and right-wing allies in Poland, Romania and Baltic nations, it seems. at least Georgia Meloni in Italy isn't that stuoid to be into Russia and Putin. EU should make everything that is possible to stop being dependent on Russian natural resources. Putin is a tyrannical dictator that got rich because of Germany. Germany is a car industry manufacturing country and they are desperate for oil/gas. Germany made Russia rich for almost 35 years by doing business with Putin. the former chancellor, a leftist SDP leder is friends with Putin and served as a member of board for Russian companies like Gazprom or Lukoil.

[@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155]

Yeah, yeah, yeah pure propaganda. The only truth in this comment is that the ÖVP has lost all credibility.

[@deuteriuscawl]

​@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 ok unvaccinated russia troll. Thanks for being mask off from the start and now kindly see yourself out.

[@stammesbruder]

@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 - Could not find a single source that said, that support for the Act was below 70%. - The ÖVP has constantly argued their failings to be based on their coalition, which was often adopted by Kurz - if you think using the words of the then-chancellor during his term as evidence is propaganda, then you might wanna look up what the word means (spoiler, constantly blaming other political parties for their own shortcomings is propaganda). - The impact of agroculture on the environment is scientifically measureable and sadly devastating, as it is now. - The FPÖ still has strong ties to Burschenschaften to this very day. If you take the words of the only party that doesn't care about truth at all, then you might think this to be propaganda. Problem is, that you can fact check all of those things easily, if you ACTUALLY think critically and "do your own research", as they like to say. And frankly, you should do both of those things. It's not hard to see that the FPÖ talks trash but nothing else. Every single thing they say is for their own self-interest, not for the public good, as has been shown in every single voting decision made within parliament within at least the last 20 years.

[@BlueCoconnut]

@@stammesbruder What exactly is bad about ties to Burschenschaften?

[@theambassador3695]

As an Austrian, I appreciate your chanel for not just ignoring our small Country! Thank you!

[@reins981]

Small but one of the most dangerous ones

[@theambassador3695]

@@reins981 Indeed!

[@ls-xo3fs]

What? Is that guy called Kamehameha?

[@rake483]

LMAO

[@onlyMetalisMusic]

🤣 You mean Karl Nehammer?

[@celinepa8246]

Kamehameha and Körz.

[@Flowxing]

In Austria we have a political scandal in every party every year or so, so it really doesnt matter...

[@HIHIHJIHIHIH]

Can't wait for a guy that is rejected from an art school to make a new party.

[@ExarchGaming]

you mean like the afd in germany, or the national front in france? (who argues that the collaboraters with the NSDAP were right, Marine Le Pen's dad was it's scion until recently when his views got him kicked out so that the NF could moderate itself in the eyes of the public)

[@Maximum950]

​@@ExarchGaming the FN is not the same as the RN

[@kelvindoang1228]

@@ExarchGamingit is interesting when the “far right” party already in goverment i dont see nzi flag and burning books, but when “moderate” left i ser rainbow flag more protected than national flag everywhere i wonder wich side is more autoritarian like nazi hmm

[@ExarchGaming]

@@Maximum950 So they say... but the RN was the FN they changed their name in 2018.

[@soundscape26]

@@Maximum950 Can a leopard change its spots?

[@LiamHartman-n8o]

Alternative title: Will people vote differently after their government completely betrayed them

[@Purpl_0]

you do know that 83% of Austrians was for the EU nature law + The ÖVP is so angry about that because someone else was doing the thing the ÖVP is doing the whole time. I know having the truth in front of you is bitter and you can´t blame the Greens or the Media for this one, I would suggest you start reading Serious media and not something that ÖVP and FPÖ are talking (cause if you want that discussion you wont be happy afterwards to hear that but the FPÖ can only do well if Austria is doing badly. (I mean, they had already provided the Minister of the Interior, that was even Kickl and ehm wait, what did he do again? oh yes, let the Office for the Protection of the Constitution storm)

[@luisfilipe2023]

When you thought France’s politics were the wildest you have ministers arguing over who has jurisdiction over each law in Austria

[@mrm7058]

@1:55 Actually, here in Germany coalitions between the center right CDU and the Greens are not new on a state level and can work. But I guess on a state level such a coalition is easier than on a federal level.

[@karankapoor2701]

They'll probably form one with left in east Germany pretty soon

[@sm6allegro]

Yeah well at least in Baden-Württemberg the Greens are basically the same in green so to say

[@anythinggoes5574]

Just vote AfD.

[@Xo-3130]

Oh yes. A coalition between a party that claims its not giving into social activism and a party that pretty much is only that. You know the reason the AfD even exists in Germany is because the so called Conservative Mainstream can't even be conservative. Whenever a Centre-right party is weak or acts to Liberal there is inevitably a new right-wing alternative party to form. Germany and the UK is basically the latter while France is the Former.

[@Xo-3130]

​@@karankapoor2701oh yes. A Conservative Party in a coalition with a Socialist party... a joke in itself which is why AfD is even possible. The CDU is a strong Centre-right party there shouldn't be a right-wing alternative party. The only reason its even a thing is because the CDU keeps failing to be Conservative.

[@SI0ter]

It's like kindergarten. both are sulking and neither wants to do anything with the others.

[@TheFlygon13]

1. Strache was not Vice-Chancellor when the Ibiza video was recorded since that was before the 2017 election. 2. Leonore Gewessler is not an MP, she resigned when she became a minister 3. The Green‘s support hasn’t „tanked“. They still scored 11% in the EU elections despite their scandals, which is still respectable. 4. ÖVP hasn’t ruled out a coalition with anyone except the FPÖ. They might go back on that promise as they did in Salzburg and Lower Austria but there is a consensus among the party establishment that they dont want to work with the FPÖ so a coalition is far from guaranteed Please be more thorough with your research and analysis next time

[@MellonVegan]

The more I watch this channel, the more I feel like they actually put out pretty sloppily researched content. Thus far, I have always had gripes with every single video about Germany (I'm German) and I'm starting to feel like the only reason I don't have similar gripes with their other videos is that I'm unfamiliar with those other countries' political issues.

[@TheFlygon13]

@@MellonVegan same here. I get that time is a factor but still

[@michaniedospia4100]

After the not so recent election in Poland I had a lot of thoughts, on why people are woting for certain parties. In short the political parties which you feel align with your conscience, are detached form the core problems of the people, and the more fringe political parties that 5 years ago you would not event consider are talking about the core problems. We are all hearing that the far right is rising its ugly head, but no one is talking about that the mainstream parties are ignoring everyday people probles problems for higher ideas. When the mainstream party is talking about decarbonisation, and the fringe far right party is making sensible plans for afordable housing (wchich should be a point of the traditional left) people will wote for their own interest first. To summarise we should critice the fringe parties, but also hold accauntable the mainstream parties for not beeing in contact with the people, because for that reason far right and left will rise and is rising.

[@RandoTheRando]

Because the traditionalist left (Lewica) only cares about LGBT, abortion and making a fool of themselves on Twitter

[@Xo-3130]

Most of Europe either has a broken Centre-right party or a Centre-right party that's governing to the left of the their traditional voter base. Because of that a right-wing alternative party forms and grows massively. For examples of the former France's Republicans are a shell of their former self and have effectively been overshadowed by a fringe nobody party due to voter defections in their weakened state, and the Tories are an example of one abandoning the whole being Conservative thing what with their latest leader being on TV celebrating Diversity and being the only member in their international party coalition to have a LGBT wing while most of their follow counterparts don't even go that far.

[@CheaterCodes]

I think this is not quite accurate: It's usually the communist parties that focus on affordable living. And at least in Austria, the KPÖ is quite left leaning. However, the right wing *populist* party of course also promises "we make everything better", but usually without proper planning or concrete details. I fundamentally disagree with right wing parties, but it's the populist parties that are dangerous in my opinion. I agree though, that it's a shame that many parties ignore the affordability topic. E.g., as much as I support reducing carbon emissions, we need to consider the people who won't be able to afford buying an electric car..

[@RotalHenricsson]

"Center Right" is... generous for the ÖVP which has increasingly turned into FPÖ-light.

[@seraphin01]

seems to be the trend in whole europe tbh.. center nowadays is what the usual right used to be

[@tru7hhimself]

they even adopted the colour. they're baby-blue instead of the fpö's deep blue.

[@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155]

That's not true at all the ÖVP is a left wing party. They never implement anything "right wing" they just say so but never do. I don't understand how people still don't get that.

[@supercommie]

Incredibly sad.

[@kisille]

Don't be, it's still in the top 5% best countries to live probably

[@moritzhapperger5807]

Great video, just one small thing: Our ministers aren't (usually) MPs.

[@Savoritas]

Austrian here: We're fine, we've been through this several times..

[@michasalwach7264]

Once again, please consider moving back to bar charts instead of pies. These are very unclear (in a way that you present on the screen).

[@MrCalls1]

0:23 don’t do this. Don’t start a graph a 5/10% rather and 0, it’s very confusing, and made me think the greens were now irrelevent rather than both minor parties having the 10% needed which added to either SPO or OVP could make a coalition. Always set your graph at 0 unless you justify it. If it’s at 5% because of a threshold a dashed line is more than sufficient.

[@capslocked7274]

As someone from vienna we are in a tough spot, and i fully blame the rise of the right wing on the fact that left wing parties downplayed or pretended not to see the many issues mass immigration from "islamic countries" have caused, especially in some districts in vienna. And there isnt really an "alternative right wing party". Too bad they are suckers for russian bribes, where some members of their party received some personal donations in order to vote against russian sanctions back in 2014.

[@crazehsmile]

The only reason far right is gaining ground in Europe is because the other parties refuse to acknowledge the immigration crisis, better yet they keep making it worse, ignoring it and calling everyone who thinks otherwise a bigot/racist, etc. Of course the economic crisis doesn't help, but immigration is a huge concern for a large number of people in Europe

[@barbthegreat586]

What is this 'mass immigration'? You have 7.9% if Muslims, vast majority of whom came to Austria in the 60s/ 70s from Turkey and in the 90s from BH, that's 60 and 30 ys ago respectively. These two communities also aren't known troublemakers. You Austrians just long after Adolf.

[@I_recommend_suicide]

@@crazehsmile treating the immigration problems and the economic problems as separate problems is part of the problem.

[@domenstrmsek5625]

We all are bigots if it goes against our group.

[@davedavids57]

The FPOe are a coalition of interests, if you understanding each section you understand them, their heartland is Southern Carinthia where effectively they started with protests against the Slovene Communities minority rights and to remember the "heros" who fought Yugo partisans after WW2. General anti immigrant voters do make up a large block of their vote, but only about 30%. People of Serbian decent make up a huge section of their voting block especially in Vienna, which has a massive Serbian community. That's why they are so pro Russia and have such a strong stance on Kosovo. The probably the biggest block which has appeared recently is the conspiracy block, this formed out of the protests against Covid vaccinations and lockdowns. This easily added 5-10% to their voting share which they have retained by continuing to push conspiracies. Especially anti woke etc.

[@scotandiamapping4549]

I misread the title as saying "Australia"

[@JasonAtlas]

Dyslexics rise up 💪

[@ryoukaip]

same

[@scotandiamapping4549]

@@JasonAtlas I'm not dyslexic, just misread it lol

[@freniisammii]

​@@JasonAtlaslmfao, this is not a sign of dyslexia

[@philoslother4602]

Everyone thinks they have dyslexia

[@JaegerDreadful]

TLDR News try to make a title without a question mark in it challange (IMPOSSIBLE DIFFICULTY!)

[@Richard1A2B]

Good report, thank you

[@MrMayDou]

You should have mentioned, that 87% of Austrians approve of the Law that Gewessler has passed. She Voted for the people. Not for bureaucrats. And I think this shows strength.

[@mikoshino]

Good video and as an Austrian I wouldnt add much. If I did, that would be a huge video but I can whole heartedly recommend Jan Böhmermann‘s FPÖ pieces. Thanks for listening and caring about our small nation

[@Ar1AnX1x]

please Austria, we don't need another painter that's really good at giving speeches

[@toyotaprius79]

Ask the industrial capital powers to not invest in them and their union busting.

[@VaucluseVanguard]

What; Winston Churchill?

[@KaminStalker]

Not a painter but get ready for Orban 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@Ar1AnX1x]

@@toyotaprius79 wait that's how union busting happened in Nazi Germany? I thought they just hated communists so they started going after worker rights and unions

[@soundscape26]

​@@PoseidonOilRigDon't be silly Barry.

[@Alexander_Rezner]

At the time the Ibiza-video was taken, Strache was not vice chancelor yet. At the time it was published he was.

[@alejam1603]

Two small notes: - Nehammer basically couldn't go for snap elections: Election law sets a rather long distance between parliamentary dissolution and election day; just this week there was the reference date for the scheduled election date (the date to which parties can apply to run, who will be eligible to vote etc.). Effectively, the scheduled election date is the best Nehammer could lawfully get as a snap election - For the upcoming term, it is not to rule out that FPÖ and ÖVP combined will not get enough seats to form a majority government, especially as there are almost three months to go and a lot could happen (knowing Austrian politics), including small new parties entering the national council, causing the potential seat share of FPÖ and ÖVP to shrink due to d'Hondt method being applied. Even small shifts in voters preferences could be decisive as current surveys indicate the right majority to be small

[@saneboysoup4168]

How are foreigners actually interested in Austrian politics?

[@foxxyboxxy9348]

It's all a just theatre. ÖVP would never go against EVP. Gewessler did Nehammer's bidding, and Nehammer can now pretend that she went rogue. They obeyed EVP orders and cater to their fanbase. Greens for "standing up to the ÖVP" and ÖVP for condemning this act of "treason".

[@13REDstar]

The ÖVP literally sued Gewessler in court over the matter.

[@foxxyboxxy9348]

@@13REDstarwow... so org... du naiver todel.

[@zack4915]

It all depends on whether the ÖVP has learnt even the tiniest bit

[@webmatix1]

spoiler: they didn't

[@tru7hhimself]

they'll try to repeat what has happened twice before. first they're junior parter in a coalition with the fpö, then fpö is ripped up by scanadals and they're number one in the following election. knowing the stupidity of the austrian voters that's the most likely outcome.

[@Mexalen81]

If you can say one thing about us austrians with certainty: we don't learn.

[@webmatix1]

@@Mexalen81 Very true, unfortunately. It's so depressing...

[@Utsu-P_Enjoyer]

You can only keep the lunacy up for so long, eventually you have to come back to reality and common sense

[@hot_ice_e1ite46]

lolll, i thought this was about Australia for the first 5 minutes. i was so confused as to when Australia got into the EU

[@gaminfunandscience]

So I live in austria and my dad told me about those signs of the FPÖ and we both agree that 1. the EU-is not madnesss, 2. Ditching the EU would probably be madness

[@fulla6967]

Well no, probably a coalition between ÖVP-SPÖ-NEOS as it looks like right now. Also it’s not exactly a miracle that the FPÖ is strong again because it came out that the „Ibiza Scandal“ wasn’t one at all. They just diddn't release all the video footage wich got partially leaked later on.

[@MorgorDre]

Woooo we are on TLDR 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@weibrot6683]

How is it that you call "die Grünen" "pretty left wing" while the FPÖ is "far right", either both are "pretty far right/left" or "far right/left"

[@angadsingh9314]

Because the greens are not far left. They aren't communists.

[@weibrot6683]

​@@angadsingh9314 While the greens aren't communist, they still want extreme government intervention to solve their "problems", they place their goals above the freedom and rights of their population and are willing to sacrifice almost anything to accomplish them. And that's present anywhere the far left has something to say. When some were doing bachelor during Covid, they were almost banned from attending uni courses. The left extreme ÖH/greens banned people from attending uni courses without 2G. Some people were super lucky to catch covid intime, they was running around with a self-made apps that looks like the official covid test page for months before that. Life is hell under a left extreme regime.

[@grafity1749]

You forget to mention that this law is highly popular among Austrians - over 80 % are in favor of this law

[@idnwiw]

Exactly this - Gewessler supported a law that is supported by 82% of the Austrian popullation. Also, not only the federal state Vienna supported the law, but also carinthia.

[@thomas3236]

the thing is that polls are just "do you support environment stuff". The average voter has 0 idea what this law means and what the consequences are.

[@napoleonfeanor]

Apparently there is only "center right" and "far right". Also, left-right paradigm is a false dichotomy, trying to press complex policy ideas into a one dimensional scale

[@diogorodrigues747]

Maybe that's because the far left mostly became irrelevant in Europe over time?

[@domenstrmsek5625]

What can explain

[@ExarchGaming]

that's because modern capitalist governments are shifted to the right naturally. The left in most countries are true-center or center left, very few countries have a communist party that has any actual support. In the USA the right wing is pretty similar to the far right and the actual far right in the US are literal neo nazis, neo-confederates, or other fascist analogs. The left in the US is mostly center-right, and the most "extreme" left is center left, which is in line with the left wing parties in the UK or europe. We don't have a ultra far left that has ever won a single seat in congress or in any state level government. the communist party of the US is so small that it it never mentioned even; most of our country has never even heard of it. I do agree that the left-right paradigm is unsatisfactory for plotting out something as complex as an entire societies views. I use 8values to gauge that with most people I know, it has 4 axis which ends up with 8 sides, look it up and take the test for it. You might like that alot better.

[@AnimilesYT]

It is indeed an oversimplification. Here in the Netherlands we rank them from left to right and from conservative to progressive. There is however a very clear correlation where left wing parties are more progressive the more left they are, and right wing parties are more conservative the more right they are. We have one party which can't be properly put on the left-right scale (the PVV) since their policies don't properly align with that spectrum, but most of their policies are right to far right. So even though it's not perfect, it still provides an easy way to convey the general stance of a party without going into detail about every complex topic

[@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.]

@@ExarchGaming _"and the actual far right in the US are literal neo nazis, neo-confederates, or other fascist analogs. "_ Except Neo-Nazis and Fascists are on the Far-Left, hun ... just like the rest of the collectivist and socialist ideologues.

[@monion._.9006]

ÖVP also stated that they wouldn't form a coalition with the FPÖ if Kickl would become chancellor, and the FPÖ doesn't seem to want to budge on that, so not all hope is lost.

[@baron_mijail7752]

Isn't this the guy that was mad at people not wanting to work full-time jobs anymore despite the rising cost of living with stagnating salaries?

[@SimonWukits-f1y]

Let them do it. It's not like they have a prime example what isolationists and the far rights right next door to them and how they ruined Hungary

[@benra7080]

As someone who follows Austrian politics, it hurts to watch this video. There are so many small falsehoods and a lack of knowledge about important factors (e.g., that the ÖVP ruled out a coalition with the FPÖ's lead candidate) that it makes me doubt the quality of your other videos, where I don't have such in-depth knowledge to judge myself...

[@Z_E_B_O]

4:05 It has now been proven in court that the voting wasnt against the law, BUT Gewessler argumented her choice for the law by relying on a survey where 80% voted for said law. What it does leave out tho, is that the survey was done by WWF and not many people were surveyed. After that another more independend survey was done where only 60% were either strongly or just generally for the law. And then there was the EU voting before that all happened, which also suggested that many people didnt vote for the green party because of the proposed renaturation law.

[@Lunarpenguin-d1s]

The legal argument was relying on the support of one of the states (vienna) and not the poll

[@AaronOkeanos]

Wow the policy program of the FPÖ reads like Putins wishlist.

[@JUAN_OLIVIER]

Can one then say the greens policy program reads like Bidens wishlist

[@AaronOkeanos]

@@JUAN_OLIVIER I wish it was but sadly Biden is not as green as his political enemies try to paint him as.

[@tru7hhimself]

that's their official program. inofficially they took part in the far-right extremist conference that proposed conquering territory in nothern africa and deporting everyone who's an immigrant, supports immigration or disagrees with their views in general there.

[@ratatatuff]

That's because it is.

[@Cylus024]

​@@JUAN_OLIVIER Let's try something: travel to both the Kremlin and the White house and loudly critizise Putin and Biden respectively. Let's see what happens and if it might change your opinion.

[@Dalex1910]

Man, why are the greens so spineless with their coalition choices ? It's the same here in germany

[@keenanarthur8381]

Gewessler's vote for the nature restoration act kind of seems like a call for sobriety in a crackhouse.

[@onlyMetalisMusic]

As someone living in this crackhouse, I agree!

[@milantoth6246]

@@onlyMetalisMusic Interesting to call the richest country in the EU a crackhouse. Never met anyone more privileged than austrians, and they will still keep complaining about how bad they have it. You deserve whats coming your way with kickl as chancellor, and the suffering and incompetence he will bring. Hopefully it gives you some perspective.

[@fabianauer1986]

You know that not everyone lives in Vienna right?​@@milantoth6246

[@dave9825]

I find it still unbelievable, the last time we voted the outcome was ÖVP - FPÖ (center and right) and after the ibiza scandal they just have the right to change it (to middle left!) without asking a single voter? What the hell do we even vote for? This is not a democracy anymore. The true scandal is that they just -pardon me- take a huge dump on what the people voted for and change it then.

[@eliashrebik6786]

As an Austrian Im not really happy with this video. A few important pieces you missed: 1. ÖVP has already rouled out a coalition with FPÖ under the current head Kickl (As with the Greens with Gewessler). 2. The law Gewessler supported wouldnt have been passed without Austria, so this decition has a huge impact on Europe. 3. Very important: A poll was published that 82% (!) of citizens are in faviour of this law.

[@alexpotts6520]

I know normally people worry about the rise of the radical right for social reasons, and possibly economic reasons; but I think it's fair to argue that possible the most dangerous thing about them these days might be national security. It's clear that a lot of them are compromised by their ties to Russia; the Kremlin backs them up just as it did to the old communist parties in the Cold War (or should I say *first* Cold War, since we're evidently now in the second one). And unfortunately these new right parties are gaining a lot more traction than the old communist parties did west of the Iron Curtain.

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

It is interesting that Belgium has essentially made every government minister in Europe simultaneously a plenipotentiary. This is probably opening a Pandora’s box if more and more minority partners in coalition governments just start voting however they want and accepting that a few of their members will be expelled from government as a price of advancing their parties interests to rally their base.

[@jamesbackstar8285]

I clicked on this video thinking it was Australia 😭😭😭 This feels a lot less relevant by comparison, lol

[@100yan0v]

'Revival' from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 and AfD in Germany 🇩🇪 will create a new group in the EU parliament!!!

[@Peter-iq9yy]

Woahh, were going to ibiza!

[@Siegmar-]

Many points that are false or not completely right. But overall it was very informative

[@yourdailybeats1127]

Why is the fpo far right? Explain their policy stances and compare to a moderate right party

[@telcharthegreatsmithofthef7585]

directly from their party program: they explicitly state that austria is in "language, culture and history german" - there are significant non german minorities in austria, some of which, like the slovenes in carinthia, lived there for hundreds of years, even before the germans came there (and the fpö has a history in carinthia of discriminating against that slovene minority, such as attempting to ban slovene village names, only allowing german names) no other major political party in austria advocates for that, also not the more moderate right wing ÖVP They are the only (major) party against same sex marriage (or any other similar legal equivalent) for example the ÖVP is generally against same sex marriage, but favors an equivalent legal arrangement, which the fpö also is against They are way more radical on immigration than the other parties, generally advocating for no immigration whatsoever in speeches (though the wording in their party program is more vague) They want to completely lower all sanctions on russia and send no weapons at all, while for example the ÖVP generally supports sanctions on russia, but is not very enthusiastic about sending weapons to ukraine then there's the numerous scandals with neonazis in the party over the years, like antisemitic stuff said (for example one was caught singing a song about wanting to continue the holocaust), or people being caught owning nazi uniforms or flags, some quoting directly from "mein kampf" and their language increasingly mirroring that of the nazis, like speaking about "kulturkampf, Volkskanzler, etc" all in all, the party can be described as quite a bit more radical with their nationalism than the ÖVP

[@yourdailybeats1127]

@telcharthegreatsmithofthef7585 neat thank you writing an essay to explain a parties political party stances so I really do appreciate you taking your time of day for that

[@AscendingGoogle123]

@@telcharthegreatsmithofthef7585 Soooooo, anyone who doesn't favor gay marriage is a nazi to you? Wow, how original🤨 ...Also, how is favoring neutrality towards Russia "far right"? Russia's main allies on the global stage are left wing nation states and communist parties.

[@caesarczech7920]

Austria,France,Germany, Lol

[@golonawailus4312]

FPO should cooperate with SPO

[@Marco-qt5nv]

Wont happen with babler,but if they find out how to use Exel and Doslozil gets elected they would maybe cooperate with the Fpö

[@Luredreier]

What's their electoral system?

[@onlyMetalisMusic]

The parliament consists of two chambers, the National Council ('Nationalrat') and the Federal Council ('Bundesrat'). The head of state is the directly elected president (currently a former Green). After the National Councils election, the President decides on a candidate to be chancelor (usually the head of the winning party, but doesn't have to be) and tasks him/her with forming a government. The main legislative body is the National Council, but the Federal Council (who's role is to protect the interests of the regional governments) has a pseudo-veto; meaning they can veto decisions of the National Council, but the National Council can decide on doing it anyway. The Government can be disbanded either by the president or a vote of no confidence in the National Council.

[@Luredreier]

​​@@onlyMetalisMusic Non of that is the electoral system. Are we talking first past the post, with single member constituencies? Are we talking some kind of proportional representation using multiple multi-member constituencies? Is the whole country a single constituency? How is the votes turned into seats? The Sainte-Laguë method? The D'Hondt method? The Hare quota? I care far more about *how* people are elected into the legislative bodies then about how many you have. Because that determines the dynamics between the political parties. I'd you mainly have a few big ones bullying the small ones,nor does the small ones act as pretty much equals to the big ones? Are there multiple paths towards a majority or do you keep having to figure out how to make a specific combination work because there's no other alternatives to get a majority? Is the majority shifting through the term or is it a fixed one for the duration? Is it enough to just not having a majority voting against you, with abstains being ignored, or do you need a majority in favour of a bill to pass it? See what I mean? They usually at least present if a country has proportional representation or first past the post etc.

[@jKtiiy]

I'd like to point out that the ÖVP sees Kickl's FPÖ as too extreme for government and, like all parties left of him, Karl Nehammer has pledged he would not enter a coalition with Kickl. If the FPÖ wins the election as current polling suggests, it may result in a government without the leading party for the first time in Austrian history.

[@onlyMetalisMusic]

The ÖVP has broken such promises several times already...

[@briangrogan2553]

Far right Austrians. When have they ever done anything bad?

[@christoffussenegger9377]

Dear English native speakers! We non natives spend years on studying your languages. I would feel it as a sign of respect if you could at least try to pronounce non English names correctly. I almost had to turn on subtitles to recognize the names of people and parties I am familiar with, which is pretty annoying.

[@hienchinglung9099]

Aging voters. And declining young voter population

[@domenstrmsek5625]

Wrong Young population love far right

[@soundscape26]

@@domenstrmsek5625 Except younger people are much more progressive.

[@GreenOliveBranch]

@@soundscape26 As a member of Turkish community, which is the second largest ethnic group in Austria, I can say Turkish immigrants always vote for left/SD in Germany, France, and Austria. on the other hand, they overwhelmingly support nationalist parties in Turkey.

[@JonasN-bd4lq]

The only reason why the FPÖ (and other right-wing parties in europe) are so successfull currently is because people are fed up with immigration, especially from the middle east. Sorry, but that needs to be said. These parties can have as many scandals as possible, but as long as this immigration madness doesn't stop or the left wing parties finally adopt a anti-immigration stance, the shift to the right will inevitably happen.

[@fanolade]

The ÖVP didn't make a bad job under Nehammer.

[@jaorlowski]

I would rather contrast right wing with progressives than with left wings...

[@The_real_playboi_carti]

Can you make a video about the youtuber who got elected in the eu Parlament?

[@jenm5178]

A “rogue” governor 🥲

[@paterpatriae645]

I am very sorry to see this channel has not really improved over the years. Mistakes like "Kurtz" are simply not acceptable, he also didn't resign because of Ibiza. I recently gave these channels another chance but it seems that was a mistake.

[@crabLT]

Ah yes the dreaded "Far Right"...

[@tru7hhimself]

the greens were once a left wing party but have become pretty centrist in the last decade. their coalition with the övp is therefore no surprise.

[@ST9876543]

Only one teeny tiny problem: This time the Chancellor would not be from the conservative party but from the far right party cause they are on their way to get the majority of votes. And that's even worse than conservatives + far right under conservative leadership

[@drillerkiller9]

Obviously a fair number of inaccuracies, most notably that ÖVP has ruled out to form a coalition with the FPÖ. Also that even if the FPÖ wins, the president can give the order for SPÖ and ÖVP to form a coalition. These two points make the last 2 minutes of the video mute

[@MrYamiBakura]

It's really since that thing that happened with Kurz (a soft coup if u may) that I lost respect in Austrian politics. It's a shame but FPÖ rising to power almost seems like a natural consequence

[@kommdegaya753]

We are sick of LGBTQ, Migration and Warmonger Politics

[@TheMz27]

which coup do you mean? kurz couping mitterlehner? why did you have respect before? why not with haiders start in the 80s? why didn't you loose respect in 2000? why not knittelfeld? why not with faymann? that is a really odd time to loose respect

[@Legion617]

@@kommdegaya753 Then don't support the party supporting Russia since they started the war anyways. The west, currently isn't in any major war except for a possibly proxy within Israel, which was started by Hamas anyways.

[@sondrejohansen48]

@@kommdegaya753warmonger lmao. Your FPO loves Russia very much, to the point they invited Russian diplomats and politicians from occupied Ukraine to their parties and events. More then sure the biggest supporter of warmongers are FPO because Russia is the aggressor here

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@kommdegaya753 LGBTQ doesn't exist and "warmonger politics" coming from an Austrian is total nonsense given that Austria is a neutral country and has helped Putin and Russian oligarchs a lot for the last few decades.

[@tschakatschada]

Or how we say: Kasperltheater

[@lukasBurghauser-ei1uh]

Herbert kickl is our number 1

[@forwadnothing8212]

I don't see any problems with that group tbh.

[@sullfolife]

europe is on the brinks ugh. they should reform it and fast before it all falls apart for good. stop expanding, start consolidating

[@seraphin01]

reform what? with unanimity ruling it's impossible, period. but no one is willing to compromise anymore, thus the push to more nationalist govs in EU lately.. Hey we get the governments we deserve

[@ivdelch9242]

did they make some sort of compromise to form the coalition, like adopt the imigration policy of the övp and the enviromental one of the greens.

[@webmatix1]

Yes, that's how coalitions work and you basically got it spot on. However, especially ÖVP rarely values those compromises and manipulates them whenever they can. That has been the case since I can remember and ÖVP has been in the government since I was born some 30 years ago. When ÖVP manipulates something again or is corrupt, as always, nobody seems to care. As soon as some other party left of them does something similiar (usually not in the extend ÖVP does it), it's a huge scandal. If I were the green party, I would've quit the coalition several times already.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Politician votes for what she believes in and now the government is on fire. Why are career politicians like this?

[@cristianbalan518]

Good. You listened to the comments asking for this video

[@GMofMC]

TLDR videos always seem so short and 50% is just ads

[@DaweSMF]

My dude, its YT "journalism". First, it needs to be short sicne any deeper thoughts and analysis are outside of scope of their channels and attention span of the viewers (you also have much better dedicated channels for that). Second, you always have whats most important in the title anyway - "the message" (in this case - watch out, far right danger in another country) and in the video itself you have summary what you should think, welcome to the world of media (dont think *insert your favoirite news channel is any better).

[@FaCtoRrHD]

2:10 what happened? why they wrrent allowed to join with the spö? which court rule and why?

[@stevepirie8130]

Austria voted far right in before but the EU stopped them so expect same again

[@stoneyyy19]

bru, I wish man

[@NewDealDem2187]

Why does every Austrian in the comments disagree with TLDR conclusion?

[@ypsilondaone]

Because their conclusions are just wrong in a lot of ways. They friggin typo the name of Kurz in the video, mispronounce his name, mispronounce the bloody names of the parties, judge the greens as left wing (which is cutting it short massively),...

[@nbarrett100]

Thank you for this video. Does anybody know the best way for English speakers to follow Austrian politics on a more regular basis?

[@davidblair9877]

It boggles my mind that Europeans are willingly and knowingly voting for Russian and Chinese agents. I get that immigration is the hot-button issue at the moment, but I’d consider literal imperial war to be a tad more important.