{"id":119909,"date":"2023-10-11T11:22:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=119909"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:22:19","slug":"party-that-promises-every-austrian-child-20l-of-beer-per-month-surges-in-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/party-that-promises-every-austrian-child-20l-of-beer-per-month-surges-in-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Party that promises every Austrian child 20L of beer per month surges in polls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oktoberfest has now wound down, but it seems those in the German Sprachraum world aren’t yet giving up on the delicious golden liquid.<\/p>\n
That is because Austria’s Beer Party is now polling at 12 percent ahead of the Vienna state election.<\/p>\n
It means if results were taken as they are today, the party would come in third and secure a place in the halls of power.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2015 by Dominik Wlazny, whose stage name for the popular punk band Turbobier is Marco Pogo, he is looking to woo voters over with a number of unorthodox campaign policies.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most popular for the Viennese is the promise of installing a beer fountain in the capital city \u2014 but the outlandish pledges don’t stop there.<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> EU farce as Brussels increases aid to Palestine just a day after scrapping it<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Beer Party are also promising a new 50 percent tax on Radlers and “other atrocities”, as well as a Radler buyback programme, in which people can exchange their Radlers for “real beer”.<\/p>\n More outlandishly is the vow to give all Austrian households a monthly barrel of beer \u2014 50 litres to adults, and 20 litres to children.<\/p>\n It also wants to create a gastronomy network to encourage better relations between local restauranteurs and local politics, the abolition of mandatory closing times for bars and restaurants and a \u201clive and let\u201d philosophy, except for Radler drinkers<\/p>\n The party began as a satirical outfit in reaction to perceived corruption and a lack of transparency in Austrian politics but has since morphed into a serious player.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong>
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