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2008 Lower Austrian State Election
The 2008 Lower Austrian state election was held on 9 March 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Lower Austria. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) retained its majority. The major opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), suffered substantial losses. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) partially recovered from its 2003 losses, more than doubling its voteshare and tripling its number of seats. Background The Lower Austrian constitution mandates that cabinet positions in the state government (state councillors, german: Landesräten) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. As such, the government is a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualify for at least one state councillor. After the 2003 election, the ÖVP had six councillors and the SPÖ three. Electoral system The 56 seats of the Landtag of Lower Austria are elected via open list proportional representation in a t ...
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Landtag Of Lower Austria
The Landtag of Lower Austria is the state parliament of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It exercises the state legislation (legislature). The seat of the Landtag is in St. Pölten in the Landhausviertel. The Lower Austrian Parliament is composed of 56 members of parliament. The term of office is five years. Elections are held in accordance with the Lower Austrian Landtag election regulations of 1992. 21 constituencies in Lower Austria correspond to the political districts. The statutory cities belong to the district of the same name or the surrounding district. The number of deputies corresponds to the number of inhabitants. To be eligible to stand as a candidate, a candidate must be 18 years of age (on election day) and have at least 50 declarations of consent. They are nominated by a political party. In order to enter the state parliament, one party must reach the four percent hurdle or obtain a mandate in a constituency. The most recent elections to the Landtag of Lower Au ...
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Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ideas and traditional Christian values, incorporating social justice and the social teachings espoused by the Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Pentecostal, and other denominational traditions of Christianity in various parts of the world. After World War II, Catholic and Protestant movements of neo-scholasticism and the Social Gospel shaped Christian democracy. On the traditional left-right political spectrum Christian Democracy has been difficult to pinpoint as Christian democrats rejected liberal economics and individualism and advocated state intervention, but simultaneously defended private property rights against excessive state intervention. This has meant that Christian Democracy has historically been considered centre left on eco ...
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Gänserndorf District
Bezirk Gänserndorf () is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. The Marchfeld lies in it. Municipalities Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. *Aderklaa * Andlersdorf *''Angern an der March'' **Angern an der March, Grub an der March, Mannersdorf an der March, Ollersdorf, Stillfried *''Auersthal'' *''Bad Pirawarth'' **Bad Pirawarth, Kollnbrunn *Deutsch-Wagram *'' Drösing'' **Drösing, Waltersdorf an der March *''Dürnkrut'' **Dürnkrut, Waidendorf *'' Ebenthal'' *''Eckartsau'' **Eckartsau, Kopfstetten, Pframa, Wagram an der Donau, Witzelsdorf *''Engelhartstetten'' **Engelhartstetten, Groißenbrunn, Loimersdorf, Markthof, Schloßhof, Stopfenreuth *Gänserndorf *Glinzendorf *Groß-Enzersdorf **Franzensdorf, Groß-Enzersdorf, Matzneusiedl, Mühlleiten, Oberhausen, Probstdorf, Rutzendorf, Schönau an der Donau, Wittau *' ...
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Bruck An Der Leitha District
Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha ( bar, label=Central Bavarian, Bruck aun da Leitha) is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Towns () are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''; suburbs, hamlet (place), hamlets and other Administrative subdivision, subdivisions of a municipality are indicated by lower dots. * Au am Leithaberge * Bad Deutsch-Altenburg * Berg, Lower Austria, Berg * Bruck an der Leitha ** Bruck an der Leitha, Wilfleinsdorf, Schloss Prugg * Ebergassing ** Ebergassing, Wienerherberg * Enzersdorf an der Fischa ** Enzersdorf an der Fischa, Margarethen am Moos * Fischamend ** Fischamend-Dorf, Fischamend-Markt * Göttlesbrunn-Arbesthal ** Arbesthal, Göttlesbrunn * Götzendorf an der Leitha ** Götzendorf an der Leitha, Pischelsdorf * Gramatneusiedl * Hainburg an der Donau * Haslau-Maria Ellend ** Haslau an der Donau, Maria Ellend * Himberg ** Himberg, Velm, Pellendorf, Gut ...
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Baden District, Austria
Bezirk Baden is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. * Alland ** Glashütten, Holzschlag, Rohrbach, Schwechatbach, Untermeierhof, Windhaag, Groisbach, Maria Raisenmarkt, Mayerling * Altenmarkt an der Triesting ** Altenmarkt, Kleinmariazell, Nöstach, Sulzbach, Thenneberg * Baden * Bad Vöslau ** Bad Vöslau, Gainfarn, Großau * Berndorf ** Berndorf-Stadt, St.Veit, Ödlitz, Veitsau/Steinhof * Blumau-Neurißhof ** Blumau * Ebreichsdorf ** Ebreichsdorf, Schranawand, Unterwaltersdorf, Weigelsdorf * Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn * Furth an der Triesting ** Aggsbach, Dürntal, Ebeltal, Eberbach, Furth, Guglhof, Hof, Maierhof, Niemtal, Rehgras, Steinwandgraben * Günselsdorf * Heiligenkreuz ** Füllenberg, Heiligenkreuz, Preinsfeld, Sattelbach, Siegenfeld * Hernstein ** Aigen ...
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Amstetten District
Bezirk Amstetten is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. *Allhartsberg **Angerholz, Kröllendorf, Kühberg, Maierhofen, Wallmersdorf *Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten **Edla, Greinsfurth, Hausmening, Mauer bei Amstetten, Neufurth, Preinsbach, Schönbichl, Ulmerfeld *Ardagger **Ardagger Markt, Ardagger Stift, Kollmitzberg, Stephanshart *Aschbach-Markt **Abetzberg, Aschbach-Dorf, Krenstetten, Mitterhausleiten, Oberaschbach *Behamberg **Badhof, Penz, Ramingdorf, Wanzenöd *Biberbach, Austria, Biberbach *Ennsdorf *Ernsthofen **Aigenfließen, Rubring *Ertl, Lower Austria, Ertl *Euratsfeld **Aigen, Gafring *Ferschnitz **Innerochsenbach *Haag, Austria, Haag **Edelhof, Gstetten, Heimberg, Holzleiten, Knillhof, Krottendorf, Por ...
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Mödling District
Bezirk Mödling is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. * Achau * Biedermannsdorf * Breitenfurt bei Wien * Brunn am Gebirge * Gaaden * Gießhübl * Gumpoldskirchen * Guntramsdorf * Hennersdorf bei Wien * Hinterbrühl ** Hinterbrühl, Sparbach, Weissenbach bei Mödling, Wassergspreng * Kaltenleutgeben * Laab im Walde * Laxenburg * Maria Enzersdorf * Mödling * Münchendorf * Perchtoldsdorf * Vösendorf * Wiener Neudorf Wiener Neudorf (Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neiduaf'') is an Austrian town in the eastern part of the Mödling district, south of Vösendorf and Maria Enzersdorf, west of Biedermannsdorf, and north of Guntramsdorf. History First settled in 4000 ... * Wienerwald ** Dornbach, Grub, Gruberau, Sittendorf, Stangau, Sulz im Wienerwald, Wöglerin {{DEFAULTSORT:Modling (District) Districts of Lower Austria ...
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Christian Party Of Austria
The Christian Party of Austria (german: Christliche Partei Österreichs, CPÖ; formerly the Christians – german: Die Christen) is a minor political party in Austria, founded on 15 October 2005. It changed its name under its new chairman Rudolf Gehring in late 2009, partially due to concerns by the Catholic Church over the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party. History The party was registered on 23 January 2006, and presented to the public on 27 September 2007, when it announced a popular initiative ("Volksbegehren") on the topic of children and families and that it would contest the 2008 election in Lower Austria. In the 2008 parliamentary election, the party received 0.64% of the vote. Rudolf Gehring, the party's chairman, announced he would run for president in the 2010 election. He received 5.44% of the vote for third place, the party's highest vote percentage in a national election to date. Goals The party is oriented mainly on Christian politics, advo ...
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Communist Party Of Austria
The Communist Party of Austria (german: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ) is a communist party in Austria. Established in 1918 as the Communist Party of Republic of German-Austria, German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest Communist party, communist parties. The KPÖ was banned between 1933 and 1945 under both the Austrofascism, Austrofascist regime and the Nazi Germany, Nazi German administration of Austria after the 1938 ''Anschluss''. It played an important role in the Austrian resistance against the Nazi Party, Nazis. The party currently holds two seats in the Styrian ''Landtag'' (States of Austria, state parliament), but has not had representation in the National Council (Austria), National Council (''Nationalrat'', Austria's federal parliament) since 1959. In the 2019 Austrian legislative election, legislative election held on 29 September 2019, it won only 0.7% of the votes (32,736 out of a total of 4,835,469), well below the 4% minimum to obtain seat ...
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Euroscepticism
Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform (''Eurorealism'', ''Eurocritical'', or ''soft Euroscepticism''), to those who oppose EU membership and see the EU as unreformable (''anti-European Unionism'', ''anti-EUism'', or ''hard Euroscepticism''). The opposite of Euroscepticism is known as ''pro-Europeanism'', or ''European Unionism''. The main drivers of Euroscepticism have been beliefs that integration undermines national sovereignty and the nation state,''Euroscepticism or Europhobia: Voice vs Exit?''

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Right-wing Populism
Right-wing populism, also called national populism and right-wing nationalism, is a political ideology that combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes. Its rhetoric employs anti-elitist sentiments, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking to or for the "common people". Recurring themes of right-wing populists include neo-nationalism, social conservatism, and economic nationalism. Frequently, they aim to defend a national culture, identity, and economy against perceived attacks by outsiders. Right-wing populism in the Western world is generally associated with ideologies such as anti-environmentalism, anti-globalization, nativism, and protectionism. In Europe, the term is often used to describe groups, politicians, and political parties generally known for their opposition to immigration, especially from the Muslim world, and for Euroscepticism. Right-wing populists may support expanding the welfare state, but only for those they deem fit to receive i ...
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