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The young official Möseneder thanked him through Twitter for the “important signal”: “A patriotic party must work with its feet on the ground for the country and the people, not for any nervous employee.”
Hofer disagrees
This was followed by a contradiction from above: for the president of the FPÖ, Norbert Hofer, the attitude of his party towards the extremist right-wing identities remains the same as at the time of the participation of the blue government. “Nothing has changed in terms of resolution,” he said. WHAT– Request for a decision from the board, according to which it should not be possible to be an active member of the FPÖ identity and an official at the same time.
Schnedlitz feels completely misunderstood. Schnedlitz told the APA that he only referred to the specific case of “Möseneder.” Moseneder is an innocent person. Hofer also referred to freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate.
“Very important in terms of humans and posture”
During its time in government with the ÖVP, the Freedom Party had at least severed ties with the Identitarians in its statutes. Members of the far-right movement cannot be members of the FPÖ. Federal party leader Norbert Hofer relativized the decision in the ORF press time am Sonntag: “Even someone who is with the SPÖ cannot be a member of us or someone who is with NEOS.”
According to Schnedlitz, the “red line” is criminal law, the rest is freedom of expression. “It is also very important in terms of humans and posture,” he said.
ÖVP: Kickl took over the FPÖ a long time ago
Criticisms of the FPÖ Secretary General’s attitude came immediately from the NGO SOS Mitmensch, which once again pointed to a “merger between the FPÖ and the radical far right scene”. With Schnedlitz’s statements, the party is catapulted “to the very brink of democracy.”
The VP General Secretary Axel Melchior also reported via broadcast and spoke of an “incredible U-turn” on the part of the FPÖ. The fact that the FPÖ now openly admits “fraternizing with right-wing extremists is unworthy and dangerous for a democratic party,” Melchior said. Hofer no longer had his party under control, Herbert Kickl had taken command long ago.
