The EU Exit Party for Austria (german: EU-Austrittspartei für Österreich, EUAUS) is a

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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 The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

and the establishment of direct democracy.
It contested the 2013 legislative election, but only appeared on the ballot in

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the ...

. It failed to pass the

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of 4%.
For the EU election 2014, together with the Neutral Free Austria Federation (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

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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
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