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Styria on alert: Right-wing extremism is threatening the country!
SOS Mitmensch warns of right-wing extremist tendencies in Styria due to FPÖ coalition negotiations, which could promote political dam breaches.
Styria on alert: Right-wing extremism is threatening the country!
A worrying trend towards right-wing extremism and racism is being observed in Styria. The human rights organization SOS fellow human being warns urgently that the coalition negotiations between the ÖVP and the FPÖ could open up the possibility of a right-wing extremist leadership under the state governor candidate Mario Kunasek. Kunasek, who is associated with Holocaust deniers and neo-Nazis, has appeared in the right-wing extremist “Aula” several times. It is also found that both he and deputy chairman Stefan Hermann regularly spread hatred against minorities on social media.
What is particularly explosive is the fact that investigations had already been initiated against Hermann because of a racist video, but these were stopped due to his immunity from parliament. According to SOS Mitmensch, there are also numerous connections between the FPÖ Styria and the right-wing extremist group “Identitarians”. Alexander Pollak, spokesman for the organization, describes the possible installation of a right-wing extremist state governor as a “political dam breach” that would promote hatred and division in society.
Radicalization of the FPÖ
The criticism of the FPÖ is supported by a dossier from SOS fellow human being which documents over 200 connections between the party and the right-wing extremist scene. FPÖ General Secretary Christian Hafenecker dismissed this publication as a “pseudo study” and described the NGO as “left-wing fellows” who tried to push the FPÖ into the right-wing extremist corner. Despite this defensive stance, attention is drawn to the direct and high-level personal networking between the FPÖ and right-wing extremist groups. Pollak emphasizes that the FPÖ includes not only regional politicians, but also high-ranking party officials such as its chairman Herbert Kickl.
The alarming indications of the radicalization of the Freedom Party and the associated danger of normalization of extreme right-wing views cast a shadow on the political landscape of Styria. The possibility that such an ideology could come to power raises troubling questions about democratic integrity.