Haider's party falls in polls

Vienna - Support for the Austrian far-right Freedom Party has dropped significantly since it gained a major role in a coalition…

Vienna - Support for the Austrian far-right Freedom Party has dropped significantly since it gained a major role in a coalition government at the start of the year, a new poll confirmed yesterday.

The party's support dropped to 19 per cent in December, compared to about one-third of the electorate when it entered government with the conservative People's Party in February, according to Austria's OGM institute.

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