New Movement for the Future
New Movement for the Future (German: Neue Bewegung für die Zukunft, Turkish: Gelecek icin yeni hareket, Serbo-Croatian: Novi pokret za budućnost) is an Austrian migrant workers' movement established in 1999, and since 2017 a namesake minor Austrian political party. It has been taking part to the Vorarlberg Austrian Chamber of Labour's elections since 1999.
It was officially registered as a party on 1 January 2017, and was founded by Turkish migrants.[1]
Results at Vorarlberg Austrian Chamber of Labour's elections
[edit]| 1999[2] | 2004[2] | 2009[3] | 2014[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,200 votes | 3,053 votes | 2,874 votes | 2,383 votes |
| 7.2% | 6.6% | 6.08% | 5.48% |
| 5 seats | 4 seats | 4 seats | 4 seats |
Whereas the NBZ was the sole list with Turkish candidates in 1999, others did so in 2004 and the number of non-NBZ Turks elected rose from 4 in 2009 (1 Conservative, 1 Social Democrat, 1 Liberal, 1 Green) to 5 in 2014 (1 Social Democrat, 1 Liberal, 3 Greens).
2009 Landtag elections in Vorarlberg
[edit]A NBZ list was announced to take part in the 2009 Vorarlberg state election, 2009, but this led to such a controversy that its leader, Adnan Dincer,[5] announced on 2 April 2009 the decision not to take part as such in these elections.[6]
Finally, several NBZ candidates were included on a common list including five minor parties, including the Communist Party of Austria, Die Gsiberger (GSI).[7] Gsiberger is Vorarlberg's inhabitants nickname given by other Austrians because of some peculiar expression in their Alemannic (not Austro-Bavarian as in other parts of Austria) dialect. The anticorruption Euro-MP Hans-Peter Martin supported this list "in order to counter parties oligopoly".[7] "Die Gsiberger" got 3,042 votes (1.74%) and no representative.[8]
Political ideology
[edit]The party claims to be for Austrians of a Turkish immigrant background, but insists that it is not purely Turkish or Islamic. The party supports Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and opposed the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wir sind keine Türkenpartei": Migrantenliste NBZ will künftig österreichweit bei Wahlen antreten (in German)
- ^ a b Ergebnis der AK-Wahl 2004, 17 October 2008
- ^ Ergebnis der AK-Wahl 2009, 9 February 2009
- ^ Wahlergebnisse 2014
- ^ born on December 1, 1968, in Turkey
- ^ "NBZ tritt nicht bei Landtagswahl an[permanent dead link]", Österreichischer Rundfunk Vorarlberg, 2 April 2009
- ^ a b "Erste Partei: "Gsiberger" eröffnen Wahlkampf[permanent dead link]", Österreichischer Rundfunk Vorarlberg, 25 July 2009
- ^ "Landtagswahl 2009", Österreichischer Rundfunk Vorarlberg, 20 September 2009