The Democrats (Austria)

The Democrats had a small party in Austria. It was founded in 1986 by the well-trodden from the FPÖ former Secretary of State Mario Ferrari - well field as FDP Austria 1991. From 1996 to 2000 drew Ewald King, former deputy national chairman of the ring Libertarian Youth, the fortunes of the party. In 1999 there should be a common candidate for the general election with the party The Independent by Richard liar, but did not materialize because of political disagreements. To the attention of the public got the party in 2002, when the then party leader Rudolf FUSSI called a referendum against the purchase of new interceptors to life, which was signed by 600,000 people. In elections, however, this success could not be implemented; in the national elections in Austria in 2002, they reached only 0.05 % of the vote. FUSSI later joined the Social Democratic Party on. The Democrats are no longer active since 2002.