MFG Austria – People Freedom Fundamental Rights (german: MFG Österreich – Menschen Freiheit Grundrechte, MFG) is a

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. The party is usually referred to by the media as the "

anti-vaccination Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in acceptance, or refusal, of vaccines despite the availability of vaccine services and supporting evidence. The term covers refusals to vaccinate, delaying vaccines, accepting vaccines but remaining uncertain abou ...

" or "vaccine-critic party" and its voters are described as following and/or spreading conspiracy theories. The party claims to have 4,000 members. The party is mainly active in

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so far. In the

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, the party achieved 6.23% of the votes cast and will thus be represented with 3 seats in the Upper Austrian Landtag. It is strongly represented in

, especially in the

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, where after it was founded, local groups formed in eight communities:

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, Eberschwang, Geinberg, Gurten,

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, Sankt Martin im Innkreis, Utzenaich and

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. With Joachim Aigner, the top candidate for the

also comes from the Ried District. The party got its best results in communities with many unvaccinated people. The party scored a major election result in the January 2022 municipal election in

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, winning more than 17% of the vote. In the municipal elections in

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in February 2022, the party competed in 50 of 274 municipalities, winning seats in 47 of them and averaging about 10% of the vote. It is also setting up leadership and organizational structures in all 9 federal states and will compete in the upcoming

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with party leader Michael Brunner.

Leadership

* Party chairman: Michael Brunner * Deputy Party Chairman: Christian Fiala *

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: Gerold Beneder * Financial advisor: Gerhard Pöttler * Secretary: Dagmar Häusler * Deputy Secretary: Gabriele Safran

Electoral results

President

State Parliaments

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