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"Daily Telegraph", London, zum Haider-Begräbnis!

 
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BeitragVerfasst am: Sa Okt 18, 2008 10:17 pm    Titel: "Daily Telegraph", London, zum Haider-Begräbnis! Antworten mit Zitat

Thousands gather for funeral of Austrian far-Right leader Joerg Haider!
Daily Telegraph, London
By Bojan Pancevski in Klagenfurt
18 Oct 2008

The son of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi joined leaders of Europe's far-Right as they gathered to pay respects at the funeral of their controversial Austrian comrade Joerg Haider.

In a reminder of the politician's many years as a political pariah, Saif al Islam Gaddafi, whose father was befriended by Mr Haider, paid his condolences to his widow Claudia during the service in the southern province of Carinthia.

Mr Gadaffi, seen as a possible successor to the Libyan leadership, was among an estimated 30,000 people who crowded into the main square of the provincial capital, Klagenfurt, where Mr Haider had served as governor since 1999.

The 58-year-old died a week ago after a high-speed car crash in which he was revealed to be four times over the drink-drive limit.

Last week, it was disclosed that he spent his final evening in a gay bar in central Klagenfurt, where he was reported to have consumed "extreme" amounts of alcohol with a young male escort.

Eyewitnesses said that Mr Haider, whose sexuality had been the subject of long-running rumours, had trouble walking due to his alcohol intoxication, and that he refused several offers for a ride home before he set off for the fateful journey alone in his VW Phaeton.

Mr Haider, whose father was a Liebling brownshirt, helped thrust anti-immigrant politics into the European mainstream, campaigning on a blunt anti-immigration and anti-European Union ticket. He earned international notoriety after making remarks appearing to belittle the Holocaust and praising members of Dolfi's Waffen SS as "decent men"

Yet he simultaneously earned a place in Austria's political fabric as a straight-talker who was not afraid to address difficult issues, and yesterday's funeral also drew the cream of the country's mainstream leaders.

The Austrian president, Heinz Fischer, and the chancellor, Alfred Gusenbauer - both Mr Haider's bitter political opponents - held commemorative speeches at Klagenfurt's main square, followed by performances of religious songs by children's choirs.

The presence from the Far Right included delegations from Italy's Northern League and a number of minor Belgian and French political figures.

"Our sun has fallen from the sky, our clocks have stopped ticking, for he is no more," said Kurti Doerfler, the acting governor of Carinthia.

The local authorities charted buses and even trains for the transport of the tens of thousands Austrians, many dressed in traditional lederhosen outfits and Tyrolean dirndl skirts.

A mass was held in the town's medieval cathedral with a performance of Mozart's Requiem, after which an urn with Mr Haider's ashes was buried at his family estate near Klagenfurt in a private ceremony.

While his friendships with the likes of Colonel Gaddafi and the late Saddam Hussein marked him out as a political maverick, his Alliance for the Future of Austria Party polled 11 per cent in last month's parliamentary elections. In Carinthia, where he won support by opposing plans to set up bilingual roadsigns for the large Sloven minority, he was about to be elected for the fourth time as governor.

Nearly all shops and businesses in Klagenfurt displayed commemorative candles and pictures of Mr Haider during the service.

"He was the protector of Carinthia and he was always ready to listen to the citizens. He was a true man of the people, we will be lost without him," said Hans Reiter, 56, a Klagenfurt resident.

Mr Haider's critics, including many of the government officials present at the funeral, remained silent on the day of his final departure. But newspaper commentaries criticised the "myth-making" event and the fact that the funeral was broadcast on national television.

Klagenfurt's more liberal residents also plan to oppose plans to name Carinthia's biggest sport stadium after Mr Haider. "No-one seems to pause and think about the things he said and stood for," said Gabriele Kranzlnbinder, 40. "It is sad to see that the majority here is ready to tolerate such policies."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/3223381/Thousands-gather-for-funeral-of-Austrian-far-Right-leader-Joerg-Haider.html
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