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Alliance for the Future of Austria

Alliance for the Future of Austria
Bündnis Zukunft Österreich
LeaderHelmut Nikel (in Carinthia)
FounderJörg Haider
Founded3 April 2005
Split fromFreedom Party of Austria
HeadquartersVolksgartenstraße 3/5
A-1010 Vienna
Youth wingGeneration of the Future of Austria
Membership8,000 (2011)[1]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[13] to far-right[17]
ColoursOrange
National Council
0 / 183
Federal Council
0 / 61
European Parliament
0 / 18
State Parliaments
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Website
www.bzoe-kaernten.at

The Alliance for the Future of Austria (German: Bündnis Zukunft Österreich; BZÖ) is a right-wing populist,[2][7][8][9] national conservative[2][3] political party in Austria.

The BZÖ was founded on 3 April 2005 by Jörg Haider as a moderate splinter from the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and immediately took the FPÖ's place in coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). The party won seven seats at the 2006 election, ending its involvement in government. The September 2008 election saw the BZÖ breakthrough with 21 seats, while the FPÖ's vote also increased. Thirteen days after the election, Haider died in a car crash; in April 2009, Josef Bucher became leader. Under Bucher's leadership, the party moved towards economic liberalism, leading to the secession of the party's Carinthia branch to form the Freedom Party in Carinthia in December 2009.

Under Bucher, who chaired BZÖ until 2013, the party became economically liberal and socially conservative.[18] The party aims to take ground from the ÖVP by defending the middle class and free markets: supporting a flat tax (currently a model with 44% which exists as calculator tool on the party's website), privatisation of utilities, and large reductions in both bureaucracy and the government debt. The party takes a more moderate position than the FPÖ on immigration – proposing the introduction of a 'green card' – and is in some ways 'eurosceptic'. Unlike the FPÖ, the BZÖ is notable for the reintroduction of tuition fees, abandoning conscription and the adoption of a system of Common Security and Defence Policy in the European Union.

Since 2013, BZÖ has not been represented in the national parliament and in 2017 it lost its last seats in the Carinthia state parliament. In the 2019 Austrian legislative election, the party only contested in the state of Carinthia, receiving 760 votes (0.02% of the national electorate); in the 2024 election it did not run at all.

  1. ^ "Bucher: Wir brauchen einen schlanken Staat". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 12 August 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Petra Aigner (2008). Migration and Politics: Leadership and Legitimacy in Austria. Peter Lang. p. 24. ISBN 978-3-03910-921-0.
  3. ^ a b Oliver Rathkolb (2010). The Paradoxical Republic: Austria 1945-2005. Berghahn Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-78238-396-3.
  4. ^ [2][3]
  5. ^ Denkler, Denkler (4 April 2014), "FDP und die Haider-Partei BZÖ: Haiders Schatten", Süddeutsche Zeitung, retrieved 10 December 2022
  6. ^ [5]
  7. ^ a b Eric Micklin (2015). "The Austrian Parliament and EU Affairs: Gradually Living Up to its Legal Potential". In Claudia Hefftler; Christine Neuhold; Olivier Rosenberg; et al. (eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of National Parliaments and the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-137-28913-1.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ a b Boettcher, Alexander (11 August 2011), "How Strong Is Right-wing Populism in Europe?", Social Europe Journal, archived from the original on 25 March 2012, retrieved 14 February 2012
  9. ^ a b Meyer-Feist, Andreas (14 February 2012), "Austrian villagers quash plans for Buddhist temple", DW, retrieved 16 February 2012
  10. ^ [2][7][8][9]
  11. ^ Shields, Michael; Prodhan, Georgina (29 September 2013). "Austrian centrist coalition survives far-right gains". Reuters. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  12. ^ Bilefsky, Dan (23 October 2008). "Austria in disbelief after Haider outed as gay". The New York Times.
  13. ^ [11][12]
  14. ^ Marshall, Alex (24 September 2019). "Forest in a Soccer Stadium Outrages Austria's Far Right". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Bevelander, Pieter; Wodak, Ruth (2019). Europe at the crossroads: confronting populist, nationalist and global challenges. Lund. p. 161. doi:10.1111/spsr.12369. ISBN 9789188909206. S2CID 203467409.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ^ Kinski, Lucy (2021). European representation in EU national parliaments. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. p. 180. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53313-7. ISBN 9783030533137. S2CID 242892408.
  17. ^ [14][15][16]
  18. ^ "BZÖ wird "rechtsliberal"" [BZÖ becomes 'right-liberal']. Die Presse (in German). 15 October 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019.

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