During a video address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj in the Austrian parliament, the right-wing FPÖ demonstratively left the room.
From the point of view of the opposition party, the virtual appearance on Thursday was in contradiction to Austria’s neutrality. Selenskyj stressed in his speech “how important it is not to be morally neutral towards evil”. Among other things, the head of state thanked Austria for humanitarian support, medical treatment for war victims and help with mine clearance.
Before the speech, FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl had criticised the government and the other opposition parties for taking “one-sided sides for a war party”.
In the past, the FPÖ had caused a stir with its pro-Russian stance. In 2016, it concluded a friendship treaty with the Kremlin party United Russia. Two years later, President Vladimir Putin attended the wedding of the then FPÖ Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl. (aeg/sda/dpa)
Perhaps even worse, many social democrats have left as well.
Nazis are gonna stay Nazis…
Very disappointed. They were told by their lord putin they’d be hearing a speech by a Nazi Ukrainian… and none of that. They feel tricked!
Also, half of the social democrat fraction didn’t show up.
As an austrian I’m more and more embarrassed for our ~~political parties~~ clowns.
The FPÖ is known for sucking Putins cock but the absence of half of the SPÖ is even worse.
Hey, you gotta earn those rubles. Grandpa Vlad is not gonna give them for free
George Orwell quote,
“Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, ‘he that is not with me is against me’. The idea that you can somehow remain aloof from and superior to the struggle, while living on food which British sailors have to risk their lives to bring you, is a bourgeois illusion bred of money and security.”
Replace Pacifism with Neutrality
Food with energy
And British sailors with Ukrainians
Then you still have quite a relevant perspective today for the “neutral” countries on this war
Its starting to make sense why Orban is so … bold. They have their back covered by the other Russians puppets in Austria.
Next time they leave, just lock the door behind them. Problem solved!
I mean what is this shit, seriously
Well, now we know for sure who their friends are.
Took me a while to figure out who Selenskyj is…
any Austrian summary of what these vatniks are about? are they really pro-putin and is it a rural, elderly thing?
“if they don’t think like us they are paid by putin”. In reallity almost every where in Europe you have one party which opose involment in war. Poland, Bulgaria, Czech, Germany, France, etc. In Lithuania who suffered the most from ussr they throwed flowers on russian tank.
Deal with idea that not everyone has the same thinking as pro left reddit. I personaly support Ukraine and ukrainians really need all our support, but I hate when people just looking someone to point there finger for nothing…
Not surprised by the FPÖ leaving, but negatively surprised that half of the SPÖ members not even attended. I dont know who to vote for anymore. ÖVP is corrupt as fuck, The Green Party are spineless, SPÖ just seems to want to destroy themselves, NEOS are just a litte ÖVP in my opinion and i think the reasons for not voting FPÖ are pretty clear. I mean, i understand that peopne are worried with the prices increasing in the last year, but lifting the sanction from Russia is the wrong way.
And one thing i really dont understand, maybe i’m just to uninformed, is that people who side with Russia critisise the NATO for its expansion because of an agreement between them two to not expand to the East. But why can’t a independent state apply to join NATO just because it borders to Russia or is near to it?
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During a video address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj in the Austrian parliament, the right-wing FPÖ demonstratively left the room.
From the point of view of the opposition party, the virtual appearance on Thursday was in contradiction to Austria’s neutrality. Selenskyj stressed in his speech “how important it is not to be morally neutral towards evil”. Among other things, the head of state thanked Austria for humanitarian support, medical treatment for war victims and help with mine clearance.
Before the speech, FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl had criticised the government and the other opposition parties for taking “one-sided sides for a war party”.
In the past, the FPÖ had caused a stir with its pro-Russian stance. In 2016, it concluded a friendship treaty with the Kremlin party United Russia. Two years later, President Vladimir Putin attended the wedding of the then FPÖ Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl. (aeg/sda/dpa)
Perhaps even worse, many social democrats have left as well.
Nazis are gonna stay Nazis…
Very disappointed. They were told by their lord putin they’d be hearing a speech by a Nazi Ukrainian… and none of that. They feel tricked!
Also, half of the social democrat fraction didn’t show up.
https://twitter.com/derHoyos/status/1641343895773626368
As an austrian I’m more and more embarrassed for our ~~political parties~~ clowns.
The FPÖ is known for sucking Putins cock but the absence of half of the SPÖ is even worse.
Hey, you gotta earn those rubles. Grandpa Vlad is not gonna give them for free
George Orwell quote,
“Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, ‘he that is not with me is against me’. The idea that you can somehow remain aloof from and superior to the struggle, while living on food which British sailors have to risk their lives to bring you, is a bourgeois illusion bred of money and security.”
Replace Pacifism with Neutrality
Food with energy
And British sailors with Ukrainians
Then you still have quite a relevant perspective today for the “neutral” countries on this war
Its starting to make sense why Orban is so … bold. They have their back covered by the other Russians puppets in Austria.
Next time they leave, just lock the door behind them. Problem solved!
I mean what is this shit, seriously
Well, now we know for sure who their friends are.
Took me a while to figure out who Selenskyj is…
any Austrian summary of what these vatniks are about? are they really pro-putin and is it a rural, elderly thing?
“if they don’t think like us they are paid by putin”. In reallity almost every where in Europe you have one party which opose involment in war. Poland, Bulgaria, Czech, Germany, France, etc. In Lithuania who suffered the most from ussr they throwed flowers on russian tank.
Deal with idea that not everyone has the same thinking as pro left reddit. I personaly support Ukraine and ukrainians really need all our support, but I hate when people just looking someone to point there finger for nothing…
Friendly reminder that the FPÖ is the political party that decades ago, accepted bribes from [Saddam Hussein.](https://www.profil.at/home/joerg-haiders-geldgeschaefte-diktator-saddam-hussein-274862) That so many people still vote for them baffles me. It’s so obvious that they’re not in it to do anything useful.
Not surprised by the FPÖ leaving, but negatively surprised that half of the SPÖ members not even attended. I dont know who to vote for anymore. ÖVP is corrupt as fuck, The Green Party are spineless, SPÖ just seems to want to destroy themselves, NEOS are just a litte ÖVP in my opinion and i think the reasons for not voting FPÖ are pretty clear. I mean, i understand that peopne are worried with the prices increasing in the last year, but lifting the sanction from Russia is the wrong way.
And one thing i really dont understand, maybe i’m just to uninformed, is that people who side with Russia critisise the NATO for its expansion because of an agreement between them two to not expand to the East. But why can’t a independent state apply to join NATO just because it borders to Russia or is near to it?