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06 June 2002 22:04 BDST
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Forum bars Haider for insulting German minister
By Barbara Miller in Vienna
05 June 2002
Jorg Haider, Austria's far-right firebrand, has been barred from a conference in Berlin
for insulting Joschka Fischer, Germany's Foreign Minister.
Mr Haider, the former and still de facto head of Austria's Freedom Party, was due to
speak today on the rise of right- wing populism in Europe. But Mr Fischer said he
would not take part in a forum at which Mr Haider was present.
Mr Haider said he was glad the Green politician would not be attending, since he
preferred not be at an event at which "someone with clear sympathies for terrorism"
would be in attendance. The remark referred to Mr Fischer's days as a left-wing
activist in 1970s Frankfurt.
Mr Fischer's past came under scrutiny last year when photographs were published of
him participating in a street clash with police. He also appeared as a character
witness for Hans-Joachim Klein, who was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for
his role in a 1975 terrorist attack on an Opec meeting in Vienna.
There were calls for the Foreign Minister's resignation, but Mr Fischer stood his
ground and remains one of Germany's most popular politicians. The Frankfurter
Allgemeine newspaper, one of the conference's organisers, described Mr Haider's
comments as "unacceptable" and said they had rendered serious discussion at the
forum "impossible".
Mr Haider said his exclusion showed the "miserable state of freedom of expression"
in Germany. He reminded voters of Mr Fischer's support for diplomatic sanctions
imposed on Austria when the Freedom Party entered a government coalition in 2000.
Mr Haider said: "I cannot and never will respect someone like that."
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