Editing Republic of Austria

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'''Austria''', officially the '''Republic of Austria''', is a landlocked country in [[Central Europe]] bordered by [[Federal Republic of Germany|Germany]], [[Swiss Confederation|Switzerland]], [[Principality of Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein]], [[Italian Republic|Italy]], [[Republic of Slovenia|Slovenia]], [[Hungary]], [[Slovak Republic|Slovakia]], and [[Czech Republic|Czechia]]. For a large part of its history Austria was dominated by the [[Hasburg monarchy]], one of the most powerful [[reactionary]] ruling families in Europe. Austria in the present day is an [[Imperialism|imperialist]] country that holds membership in the [[European Union]] (EU).

== History ==

=== Margraviate of Austria ===
{{Main article|Margraviate of Austria (970–1156)}}

=== Duchy of Austria ===
{{Main article|Duchy of Austria (1156–1453)}}

=== Archduchy of Austria ===
{{Main article|Archduchy of Austria (1453–1804)}}

=== Austrian Empire ===
{{Main article|Empire of Austria (1804–1867)}}

=== Dual Monarchy ===
{{Main article|Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918)}}

=== First Austrian Republic ===
{{Main article|First Austrian Republic (1919–1934)}}

=== Cold War ===
After the [[Second World War]], the Allies split Austria into multiple occupation zones but reunified it in the 1950s, unlike Germany.<ref name=":05">{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=A Detailed Autopsy of the Collapse of the Superior System in the Divided Germany|page=114|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> Austria declared neutrality in 1955 and did not allow [[United States of America|U.S.]] or [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] military bases in its territory.<ref name=":0222222">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|chapter=Normalizing Occupation|page=312–3|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520972070|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref>

== Politics ==
From January 2020 onwards, a fragile coalition of the right-wing [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP) and the [[The Greens – The Green Alternative|Greens]] has governed. The [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ) won the elections with 28,85% in the fall of 2024.<ref>{{Web citation|author=NPA Antifascist Commission|newspaper=International Viewpoint|title=The resistible rise of the far right in Europe|date=2024-05-19|url=https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article8528|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529031140/https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article8528|archive-date=2024-05-29}}</ref> Since March 3th 2025 the coalition of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), and the neo liberal party "New Austria" (NEOS) govern Austria.

[[Neo-Nazism]] and [[Holocaust]] denial are growing in Austria due to [[Populism|populist]] and anti-[[immigration]] rhetoric.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Austrian Neo-Nazi Party 'Becoming Legitimized' by Anti-Refugee Rhetoric|date=2016-10-03|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/austrian-neo-nazi-party-becoming-legitimized-by-anti-refugee-rhetoric/221062/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206163001/https://www.mintpressnews.com/austrian-neo-nazi-party-becoming-legitimized-by-anti-refugee-rhetoric/221062/|archive-date=2022-12-06|retrieved=2022-12-17}}</ref>

The Marxist Leninist party "Partei der Arbeit" (Party of Labour) got 0.20% of the votes in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus in the Vienna elections in 2025.

== References ==
[[Category:Countries]] [[Category:European countries]]
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