The EU Exit Party for Austria (german: EU-Austrittspartei für Österreich, EUAUS) is a
political party
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in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
founded on 15 September 2011. Its party programme is centered mainly on the demand to
withdraw from the
European Union
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and the establishment of
direct democracy
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.
It contested the
2013 legislative election, but only appeared on the ballot in
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...
. It failed to pass the
electoral threshold
The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...
of 4%.
For the
EU election 2014, together with the
Neutral Free Austria Federation
The Neutral Free Austria Federation (german: Bündnis Neutrales Freies Österreich, NFÖ) is a political party in Austria founded on 17 March 2003. It contested the 2006 legislative election under the name "EU Withdrawal – Neutral Free Austria ...
(Bündnis Neutrales Freies Österreich) which has very similar aims, the party has formed an electoral platform called ''EU-STOP''. In the Viennese elections 2015, the NFAF formed another electoral alliance with the EU Exit Party.
In the
legislative election 2017 the EU Exit Party participated in the state of
Vienna
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In the
legislative election 2019 the party aimed to participate together with the Platform ÖXIT (consisting of the ''
Bündnis NFÖ'' and the ''Initiative Heimat und Umwelt'') but withdrew its endorsement for them on 26 July due to organisatory disputes and financial uncertainties, leading to the dissolution of the party.
Election results
National Council
European Parliament
External links
Official homepage
2011 establishments in Austria
Political parties established in 2011
Conservative parties in Austria
Eurosceptic parties in Austria
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