Free Party Salzburg (german: Freie Partei Salzburg, FPS) was a

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active in the State of Salzburg.

History

The FPS was established in June 2015 as a split from the

Freedom Party of Austria The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"Aus ...

(FPÖ). Prior to the split conflicts had occurred between the FPÖ's federal party leader

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and the former chairman of the Salzburg state branch Karl Schnell. On 9 June 2015, Strache quickly expelled the previous acting as national party chairman Rupert Doppler from the FPÖ. Five of the six FPÖ MPs in Salzburg Parliament, as well as two Members of Parliament and a Federal Councillor joined. Between the FPS and the FPÖ's remaining Salzburg state branch, a conflict over the party name and the allocation of subsidies developed. Initially called ''Freiheitliche Partei Salzburgs'' ("Freedom Party of Salzburg"), the party had to change its name after a court had ruled that it was too similar to the FPÖ's name. In the

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the party participated nationwide as ''Free List Austria'' (''Freie Liste Österreich''/''FLÖ'').

Political positions

For the legislative election 2017, the FLÖ has set three main goals: stopping Islamic

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, introducing

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and exiting the European Union.

References

External links

Official Website
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