Left: Jörg Haider of the Alliance for the Future of Austria is pictured with one of his valued constituents.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur Klagenfurt, Austria – One week after Joerg Haider died in a car accident, politicians and 25,000 Austrians gathered Saturday in the town of Klagenfurt to commemorate the far-right politician (see photos).
In a grand official ceremony that took place before the private funeral, the coffin of the late governor of Carinthia was led in a procession around the centre of the provincial capital, watched by masses dressed in black or in traditional dirndl dresses and lederhosen.
Although Haider’s anti-foreigner stance and his revisionist statements divided the Austrian public, the governor of Carinthia was revered by a large part of the population in his home province.
In their speeches, several politicians used quasi-religious language to describe Haider, who was also leader of the Alliance for the Future of Austria and had led the country’s right-wing movement to numerous successful elections since the 1980s.
‘Wherever you are, look after our province. You promised us,’ said Klagenfurt’s mayor Harald Scheucher.
Austria’s social democratic Chancellor Gusenbauer took great care to point out that many had fiercely opposed Haider’s politics.
Haider was a man who ‘was able to enthral, but also to cause protest,’ Gusenbauer said.
The Alliance, which won 11 per cent of votes in national elections in September, faces an uncertain future as the party was fully geared towards its leader.
Emboldened by winning 18 per cent in the elections, the rival far-right Freedom Party has invited voters and Alliance politicians to join its movement, after Haider died October 11 in Klagenfurt. (…Full Article)
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