LINKS (Austria)

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LEFT
LINKS
Spokespersons Anna Svec,
Can Gülcü,
Angelika Adensamer
Founded10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
HeadquartersHeinestraße 35/12 1020 Wien
Ideology Anti-capitalism
Anti-fascism
Feminism
Minorities interests
Political position Left-wing
European affiliation Party of the European Left (partner)
Colours  Purple
  Orange
National Council
0 / 183
Federal Council
0 / 61
State diets
0 / 440
Viennese District councils
23 / 1,144
Website
links-wien.at

The LEFT (German : LINKS) is a small left-wing political party in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in January 2020 [1] and stood for the first time in the 2020 Viennese state election in all districts and constituencies with top candidate Anna Svec. [2] [3] Links achieved a total of 23 mandates in 15 Vienna district representatives.

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Formation

LINKS was founded on January 10 and 11, 2020 as a party with a view to the Viennese district and municipal council elections in autumn. Around 400 people took part in the founding meeting held in Vienna Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. [4] The declared goal of the group is to move into the Vienna City Council and all 23 Vienna district councils. [5] Members of the Vienna KPÖ, the Young Left, Wien anders [6] as well as organizers of the Thursday demonstrations critical of the government and numerous people who were already involved in the Aufbruch project participated in the founding meeting of LINKS. [7] In addition, smaller left-wing organizations such as Collective Left [8] and the Workers Viewpoint took part. [9] At the founding meeting, principles and an organizational structure were decided, and three speakers and a coordination team were elected. [10]

Political positions

Links describes itself as an anti-capitalist, anti-racist, feminist and solidary political force. [11] LINKS advocates a reduction in working hours to 30 hours per week, a minimum wage of 1,950 euros net (27,842 net per year) and "unconditional livelihood security of 1,500 euros for all Viennese - regardless of whether they are unemployed, part-time or work in the household". [12] For around 30 percent of the Viennese population without Austrian citizenship, LINKS calls for a "right to vote for everyone after one year of residence". [3] In order to “finance the exit from oil and gas and net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030”, Links demands a “climate tax for all companies based in Vienna based on the subway tax model”. [13]

Participation in the 2020 Viennese election

Links ran for the first time in the Vienna district and municipal council elections on October 11, 2020. The top candidate from the left for the Vienna municipal council election 2020 was legal advisor Anna Svec. Together with Angelika Adensamer (2nd place) and Can Gülcü (3rd place), she formed the top trio for the municipal council level. [14] The list in the Wieden district was headed by District Councilor Amela Mirković, who left the Vienna Greens in February 2020 and switched to Links. [15] The five district councilors of the electoral alliance Vienna differently elected in 2015 - Josef Iraschko (Leopoldstadt), Susanne Empacher (Landstraße), Wolf-Goetz Jurjans (Margareten), Didi Zach (Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus) and Fritz Fink (Ottakring) - ran for candidates in their respective Districts on the first list position from links. [16] The list in the Floridsdorf district was headed by the well-known health expert and former SPÖ politician Christoph Baumgärtel, who previously headed an SPÖ section in Floridsdorf, then made Langenzersdorf known throughout Austria, [17] [18] left the SPÖ in December 2019 and became a founding member of LINKS in January heard. [19]

While the entry into the municipal council failed with a result of 14,919 votes or 2.06%, a total of 23 seats were achieved in the district representative elections in 15 districts. [20]

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  2. ↑ "Bündnis "Links" hat Unterschriften für Wien-Wahl-Antritt beisammen" . Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  3. 1 2 "LINKS tritt in ganz Wien zur Wahl an" . Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  4. ↑ "Gemeinsam links der SPÖ" . Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  5. ↑ ""LINKS" für Wien-Wahl 2020: Neue linke Partei tritt bei Wien-Wahl an" . Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  6. ↑ Christoph Ulbrich (2020-01-22). "Links viel Neues und bekannte Gesichter". Semiosisblog.
  7. ↑ UZ (2020-01-10). "Aufbruch mit LINKS". Unsere Zeitung. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  8. ↑ "Mit LINKS in die Wien-Wahl! - Kollektiv nach Links %". Kollektiv Nach Links. 2020-01-20.
  9. ↑ "Wahlprojekt LINKS: Was für eine Organisation braucht es?".
  10. ↑ Heide Hammer. "Volksstimme - Linker Druck zur rechten Zeit - Machen wir mit links" . Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  11. ↑ "LINKS - Das Programm" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  12. ↑ "Bündnis "Links" hat Unterschriften für Wien-Wahl-Antritt beisammen".
  13. ↑ "Unser Programm für Wien!". Links - Wien. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  14. ↑ "Unsere Kandidat*innen für Wien!". Links - Wien. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  15. ↑ Bettina Figl. ""Links" drängt zur Wien-Wahl" . Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  16. ↑ KPÖ Wien. "KPÖ kandidiert mit LINKS gemeinsam bei der Wien-Wahl - KPÖ Wien" . Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  17. ↑ Die Presse. "Die schrillste Ortsgruppe der SPÖ".
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