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This expression is a bit misleading when talking about parties like The Progress Party I think. On economic issues they are rather centrist aren't they? We have a lot of succesfull politicians that in Europe: a combination of economic centrism, some moral conservatism and a heavy dose of racism/antiimmigration sentiments. Politicians that pride themselves on saying out loud what  "people really think", anti-pc stuff.
by swedish liberal on Tue Sep 13th, 2005 at 05:45:39 AM EST
Centrist on economics? A libertarian party?

These things I found at Wikipedia (thanks for the suggestion to HPA):

brochures and Web pages that criminalised immigrants, with the slogan «The assailant is of foreign origin!», followed, in much smaller font, by (headline we often read), and with pictures of criminals with middle-eastern traits waving guns at the viewer...

Hagen also claimed, in an interview, that "Not all muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are muslim". Upon question of why he did not consider terrorism in the Basque country and Northern Ireland, he replied that these were "national conflicts, and [had] nothing to do with this"

...are very much Haider-like, maybe even beyond him.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Sep 13th, 2005 at 08:11:34 AM EST
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Not particularly centrist;
The populist Progress Party, which campaigned on a platform of both increased spending and lower taxes, emerged as a big winner - and as the largest right-of-centre party in Monday's poll.
(FT-link from soj's PDB)

The PP is an opportunistic cut-taxes party founded in the 70's which never had the responsibility to govern.

by ask on Tue Sep 13th, 2005 at 08:14:22 AM EST
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