"This is a country that is doing economically so well and could be so much at ease with itself. How did it get itself in such a mess?" So wondered a western diplomat a few days after last month's Austrian elections when an unexpectedly sharp rise in support for Jörg Haider's far-right Freedom party threw Austria into political and psychological turmoil. It is a view shared by many outsiders. Austria is the third richest of the 11 countries involved in Europe's single currency and its economy is growing faster than average....more
"This is a country that is doing economically so well and could be so much at ease with itself. How did it get itself in such a mess?" So wondered a western diplomat a few days after last month's Austrian elections when an unexpectedly sharp rise in support for Jörg Haider's far-right Freedom party threw Austria into political and psychological turmoil. It is a view shared by many outsiders. Austria is the third richest of the 11 countries involved in Europe's single currency and its economy is growing faster than average....
