Austria's beer party will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections even though it is still well short of its funding target, its leader announced today. The party, which was founded more as a joke in 2015 by doctor and rock musician Dominique Blazny, is currently posing a real threat by siphoning votes from other parties, especially those also on the left, at a time when the far-right he has a clear lead, as the polls show. “Yes, the beer party will be a candidate in the next parliamentary elections. The support we have received is overwhelming. This gives us the motivation to continue,” 37-year-old Blazny said in a statement to the media. In January, he had said that whether the party would run would depend on whether it raised the necessary funds, which it intended to do by growing its membership to 20,000 from “about 1,300 active members” at the end of 2023. Today he admitted […]
Source: News Beast
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