Austrian far-right politicians quit EU parliament campaign


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014

Ulrike Haider-Quercia, daughter of late Austrian right-wing leader Joerg Haider, delivers a speech during a BZOe party convention in Vienna March 15, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

VIENNA (Reuters) - Two top far-right Austrian candidates for next month's EU parliamentary elections quit on Tuesday, under fire from their own party ranks, bucking a trend of Eurosceptic parties in the ascendancy.

The co-lead candidate for the anti-immigrant Freedom Party said he had lost his party's trust after making racist comments, while the daughter of late Austrian right-wing populist leader Joerg Haider gave up on re-energising her father's BZO party.

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