Bankenmafia Joerg Haider Austria

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(29 Feb 2000) Eng/Ger/Nat

The Portuguese presidency of the European Union has said there will be no rush to re-establish normal relations with Austria following the resignation of far right leader Joerg Haider on Tuesday.

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the E-U, said it wasn't Haider's personality, but the nature of his party that was the problem.

Haider, who is known for his anti-foreigner statements and past praise of Nazi employment policies, resigned on Monday as head of the far-right Freedom Party.

But Haider, who doesn't hold a post in the national government, will continue as governor of Carinthia province.

Right-wing populist leader Joerg Haider danced with his wife at a lavish ball earlier this month to celebrate his party's success in forming a coalition government in Austria.

The ball, an annual event held for Austria's district governor, bore testimony to a public display of optimism about Haider's party against the backdrop of fierce international criticism.

At the time, there was no evidence of members of the right-wing party showing any strain over growing speculation of international isolation.

But now the controversial honeymoon is over.

On Monday, Haider resigned as head of the Freedom Party in an apparent bid to reduce Austria's international ostracism.

Although Haider doesn't hold a post in the national government, his controversial image and his iron-hand control of the Freedom Party made him the most visible member of the Austrian political establishment.

His party's participation in government unleashed a storm of national and international condemnation and protests.

Austria became a nation no longer at ease with itself and the memory of its Nazi past.

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Vienna and other cities to register their anger at the inclusion of the far-right Freedom Party in the country's new coalition government…