Austrians vote for fairer society

1 October 2006
 
Commenting on the election results in Austria that make Alfred Gusenbauer’s Social Democrats the largest party, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists said:“Austrians have voted for a fairer society. They are looking for a much stronger commitment to the well-being of all citizens. Austrians have had enough of the conservatives.” 
“Austria should emerge from these elections with a new Government coalition led by Alfred Gusenbauer. It is the start of a new era and Austria can leave behind the international embarrassment of a coalition with the far-right.”
 
Julian Scola, PES Press Officer, mobile 00 32 486 117 394