The Neutral Free Austria Federation (german: Bündnis Neutrales Freies Österreich, NFÖ) is a
political party
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in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
founded on 17 March 2003. It contested the
2006 legislative election under the name "EU Withdrawal – Neutral Free Austria" (''EU-Austritt – Neutrales Freies Österreich''), but only appeared on the ballot in
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the ...
,
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
,
Carinthia,
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...
and
Vienna
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and failed to pass the
electoral threshold
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of 4%, achieving only 0.23%. Its party program is oriented on
Christian politics
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and centered mainly on the demand to
withdraw from the
European Union
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and the establishment of
direct democracy.
For the
EU election 2014, together with the
EU Exit Party (EU-Austrittspartei) which has very similar aims, the party formed an electoral platform called ''EU-STOP''.
For the Viennese election 2015, it formed another electoral alliance with the EU Exit Party.
For the
legislative election 2017, party leader Rudolf Pomaroli stood on the ballot of the
FLÖ.
For the
legislative election 2019, the party aimed to participate in an alliance with the
Initiative Homeland and Environment as the ''Öxit Platform for Homeland and Environment, Neutrality and Direct Democracy'' which but failed to submit enough signatures for a participation. 52 of their collected signatures became stolen.
European Parliament
External links
Official homepage
2003 establishments in Austria
Political parties established in 2003
Conservative parties in Austria
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