Austrian monarchists call for Central European monarchy
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Vienna - An Austrian group calling for the reintroduction of hereditary monarchy in Central Europe said they were discriminated against in their attempts to re-establish an Austrian empire despite public support. Sporting the traditional Habsburg colours, the Black-Yellow Alliance (SGA) on Monday presented its manifesto, complete with plans for forming a monarchist party and to replace the country's elected president with a monarch in the long run. Austria by itself would however be too small to support an emperor, SGA said, therfore they were working towards a union of Central European states like Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria or the Czech Republic, united under a common crown and emperor. A substantial part of Austria's population believed that monarchy was the only solution in politically difficult times such as now, SGA leader Manfred Koerner told a press conference. Furthermore, a "democratic monarchy was the best possible form of government." Austrian monarchists however were discriminated against, and met with public scorn, the pro-Habsburg movement said, but refused to comment on its own membership numbers and only claimed that approximately 30 per cent of the Austrian population were inclined towards some sort of a monarchy. The self-styled pro-monarchy, pro-tolerance, pro-democracy movement announced plans to hold protest marches to rally more of the those believed to be supportive to their cause. After more than 800 years of Habsburg rule, Austria dissolved its monarchy in 1919 after World War I and introduced a parliamentary democracy. Members of the Habsburg family had to renounce all claims to the throne and spent the following decades in exile.
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Austrian Monarchy
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Jonathan ,
Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:04:20 GMT
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For me they can do a referendum who want to restore the monarchy
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MONARCHY - OTTO VON HABSBURG
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DANIEL SULLIVAN ,
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:36:54 GMT
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A CENTRAL EUROPEAN MONARCHY IS TRULY THE ANSWER FOR THE AREA. IF THEY DO NOT DO THIS THEN THEY WILL BE CULTURALLY DESTROYED BY GERMANY AND FRANCE.
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Central European monarchy
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Martina von Altenburg ,
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:23:46 GMT
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Monarchy is best for an executive branch because it is less about pure oligarchy and profit as is, for an example, the US republic. In the US, the true government is not the official government; but the special interest groups, lobbies and corporations. War is now done in the name of the Dollar. A monarch as exective head is a hedge against corporate power, for a monarch knows that he or she has a 'contract' with God to do as best as possible for the protection and benefit of the people. A monarch is a mother or father of the nation and people. No parent, than a kid can go wrong. That's what has happened in the US lately.
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Austrian monarchists call for Central European monarchy
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harold ,
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:15:55 GMT
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The Austrian Monarchists are right: They should be allowed to promote their ideas just like anybody else. The market of political thoughts and ideas needs the monarchists. Kudos for the SGA's courage to address the public.
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