Vienna in turmoil: Tens of thousands demonstrate against FPÖ Chancellor Kickl!

Vienna in turmoil: Tens of thousands demonstrate against FPÖ Chancellor Kickl!

Wien, Österreich - Several thousand people have loudly demonstrated against the possible government participation of the FPÖ at Ballhausplatz in Vienna. The organizations Volkshilfe, Greenpeace and SOS Mismensch called up to a human chain in front of the Federal Chancellery under the motto "Alarm for the Republic". While many demonstrators are concerned about the political development in Austria, Volkshilfe Federal Managing Director Erich Fenninger expressed his disappointment that, despite a parliamentary majority, ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS were unable to form a common government. "Maybe this is something of a turning point in the second republic," said Fenninger, who described the indictment against an impending formation of government under Chancellor Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) as alarming, since according to him, this could result in the hollowing out the rule of law and democracy.

protests in several cities

In other cities such as Graz and Innsbruck, hundreds took to the streets against the possible blue-black government. In Innsbruck, around 500 people met in Maria-Theresien-Straße in front of the annasill, motivated by calling the alliance against the right. In Graz, too, 100 to 200 people came together at the South Tyroleanplace to demonstrate against the feared political development, which they criticized as "racism and social reduction". The spokeswoman for the initiative "Grandma's against Right", Susanne Scholl, according to Austria, "cannot afford a right -wing extremist Chancellor in its history" and warned of dangers that could arise from a government occurrence.

A comeback from the so-called Thursday demos, which in the past took place against the first black and blue coalition, seems possible. In the past, these demos mobilized tens of thousands of people across Austria and could again grow into a significant protest movement. Already at the beginning of October, thousands had demonstrated against the FPÖ, after the National Council election, which brought the party a record result of 29 percent, the organizers estimated the number of participants at 25,000. The resistance of civil society and NGOs clearly shows that people remain vigilant and do not want to put up with a possible political development that could have negative consequences for democracy and human rights, as could be seen, as both orf.at as well as Sn.at report.