The Madeleine Petrovic List (; LMP) is a

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and COVID-19 sceptical

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founded by former

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spokeswoman

Madeleine Petrovic Madeleine Petrovic (; born 25 June 1956) is an Austrian politician. From 1994 to 1996 she was federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party. Biography Early life She attended Austrian gymnasium (school), gymnasium which she finished 1974, and ...

in May 2024. The party participated in the

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in all Austrian states.

History

was the federal spokeswoman of

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from 1994 to 1996 and the state spokeswoman of the

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party branch for 13 years, leaving the position in 2015. Shortly before the split, Petrovic called the creation of a new party "an inevitable step" as differences between her and The Greens leadership grew. The Madeleine Petrovic List was officially founded on 14 May 2024. The majority of LMP members are former members of

, and members of the association "Greens for Fundamental Rights and Freedom of Information" (; GGI), previously known as the "Greens against Compulsory Vaccination & 2G" (). The association was founded in 2021 and opposes measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as

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. Petrovic herself is one of the association's prominent members. Madeleine Petrovic has announced that her list plans to participate in the

. At the beginning of August, Madeleine Petrovic announced that her list had managed to collect all 2,600 signatures to participate in the elections in all states of Austria.

Ideology

Madeleine Petrovic named the measures taken by the

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government during the

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as the main reason for the split. According to Petrovic, her list is aimed at reconciliation after the coronavirus period and active peace politics. In Petrovic's view, the "mainstream green politics" has developed in the wrong direction and is "problematic". Petrovic believes that her list will attract voters who are critical of the measures to fight COVID-19 and who did not want to vote for the

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. Also, the main declared goals of LMP is the protection of the environment and animal rights.

Election results

National Council

References

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History

Ideology

Election results

National Council

See also

References