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Team Carinthia (, TK), formerly Team Stronach Carinthia, is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in the
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n
state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...
of
Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...
. It emerged from the Carinthian regional organization of the now defunct
Team Stronach The Team Stronach for Austria () was a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in Austria founded by and named after Austrian-Canadian businessman Frank Stronach. It was dissolved in August 2017. History The new party was registered ...
. In the media, it is attested to have a
populist Populism is a contested concept used to refer to a variety of political stances that emphasize the idea of the " common people" and often position this group in opposition to a perceived elite. It is frequently associated with anti-establis ...
orientation. In the
2018 Carinthian state election The 2018 Carinthian state election was held on 5 March 2018 to elect the members of the Landtag of Carinthia. The centre-left Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) was the clear winner, taking 47.9% of votes, an eleven percentage point increa ...
, Team Carinthia reached the Carinthian Landtag with 5.80% of the votes.


History

In the
2013 Carinthian state election The 2013 Carinthian state election was held on 3 March 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Carinthia. The election saw a massive shift in Carinthian politics, which had been dominated by the Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) and Governor J ...
, the party achieved 11.18% of the votes cast and entered the Carinthian Landtag with four seats. The Team Stronach Carinthia, together with the Team Stronach Lower Austria, which also received 9.84% of the votes cast in the 2013 Lower Austrian state election, was not just one of the first two regional organizations of the Team Stronach to participate in elections but also one of the two first regional organizations of the party to be elected to an Austrian state parliament. After
Frank Stronach Frank Stronach (born 6 September 1932) is an Austro-Canadian billionaire businessman and politician. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Granite Real Estate ...
had deposed Gerhard Köfer as Carinthian state party chairman and the entire state party executive on October 2, 2013 and appointed the state parliament member Siegfried Schalli as the new state party chairman, tensions arose within the party. The conflict over Frank Stronach's influence on the national organization, which was fought between Köfer, Schalli and their respective supporters, was finally resolved after several crisis meetings. On October 14, 2013 Andrea Krainer was elected interim state party leader.Stronach/Köfer/Schalli: Andrea Krainer neue interimistischen Landesparteiobfrau in Kärnten
14. Oktober 2013
At the end of October 2013, Schalli surprisingly left the party and switched to the
FPÖ The Freedom Party of Austria (, FPÖ) is a political party in Austria, variously described as far-right, right-wing populist, national-conservative, and Eurosceptic. It has been led by Herbert Kickl since 2021. It is the largest of five par ...
. The Stronach Carinthia team lost its club status in the state parliament and was only an interest group. Martin Rutter was expelled from the party by party chairman Gerhard Köfer at the end of September 2017. When Isabella Theuermann moved to the
FPÖ The Freedom Party of Austria (, FPÖ) is a political party in Austria, variously described as far-right, right-wing populist, national-conservative, and Eurosceptic. It has been led by Herbert Kickl since 2021. It is the largest of five par ...
in December 2017, only Hartmut Prasch remained in the state parliament and the list lost its status as an interest group. In December 2013, Gerhard Klocker was elected as the new interim state party chairman. In April 2014, Klocker finally became state party chairman. Since October 2016, after the repayment of a loan to
Frank Stronach Frank Stronach (born 6 September 1932) is an Austro-Canadian billionaire businessman and politician. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Granite Real Estate ...
, the party appeared under the name “Free Team Carinthia – List Gerhard Köfer”. For legal reasons, the party continued to use the name Stronach until the end of the legislative period.Köfer/Klocker: Das „Freie Team Kärnten“ ist nun auch formell endgültig frei!
1. Oktober 2016.
In November there was an amendment to the statutes, which dissolved the party from the Stronach team. State party chairman of the now independent party was Gerhard Köfer. For the 2018 state election, the party ran as Team Carinthia and achieved 5.7%. The party was thus represented with three members in the state parliament. In the 2021 municipal elections, the Team Carinthia competed in seven municipalities, in four of which they also made candidates for mayor's office. The arrival in the district capital
Spittal an der Drau Spittal an der Drau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Spittal an der Drau District, Austria's second largest district (''Districts of Austria, Bezirk'') b ...
, the state capital Klagenfurt and the municipality
Keutschach am See Keutschach am See () is a municipality in the district of Klagenfurt-Land District, Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. Geography The municipality lies in a glacial valley between the Wörthersee Lake and Mt. P ...
, where with the party chairman Köfer and Christian Scheider and Gerhard Oleschko, who left the
FPÖ The Freedom Party of Austria (, FPÖ) is a political party in Austria, variously described as far-right, right-wing populist, national-conservative, and Eurosceptic. It has been led by Herbert Kickl since 2021. It is the largest of five par ...
, three former mayors for the office of city council, were of particular importance. or the head of the community were running. The mayoral candidates were able to prevail in all four municipalities (in addition to those mentioned in
Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal () is a town in the district of Wolfsberg in the Austrian state of Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted ...
). In the 2023 state election, the party received 10.1% of the vote and gained 2 seats, hence receiving a total of 5 seats in the state parliament.


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