Citizens' Forum Austria
{{Infobox political party
| name = Citizens' Forum Austria
| logo = File:Liste fritz logo.png
| colorcode = {{party color|Citizens' Forum Austria}}
| leader = Andrea Haselwanter-Schneider{{cite web | url=https://tirol.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2950703/ | title=Haselwanter-Schneider neue Liste-Fritz-Chefin | date=December 2018 }}
| foundation = 2008
| ideology = {{ubl|Tyrol regionalism|Decentralization|Anti-corruption}}
| position =
| split = Austrian People's Party
| european = European Democratic Party
| country = Austria
| seats1_title = State Parliaments
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|3|440|hex=#E43226}}
}}
The Citizens' Forum Austria ({{langx|de|Bürgerforum Österreich}}, FRITZ) is an Austrian political party mainly active in Tyrol. It was founded by president of the Tyrolean branch of the Austrian Chamber of Labour Fritz Dinkhauser (an Austrian People's Party member before that), who was joined by the popular anti-transit activist Fritz Gurgiser of the Transitforum Austria-Tirol. At the 2008 state election, the Citizens' Forum stood under the name Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol ({{langx|de|Liste Fritz Dinkhauser − Bürgerforum Tirol}}, FRITZ) and got 18.3% of the vote, thus becoming the second-largest party with seven seats.{{Cite web|url=http://diepresse.com/home/politik/tirolwahl/379730/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/index.do|title=Tiroler Landtagswahl: Conny und Fritz – zwei Promis im Wahlkampf|website=DiePresse.com|date=25 April 2008|language=de|access-date=2016-05-13}} The party contested the 2008 early national election as well, but received only 1.76% of the vote and failed to obtain any seats.{{Cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/?id=3406754|title=Dinkhauser will nochmal aufmischen|website=derStandard.at|language=de|access-date=2016-05-13}} In the 2013 state election, the Citizens' Forum garnered 5.64% of the vote, winning only two seats in the state legislature.{{cite web | url=https://wahlen.tirol.gv.at/landtagswahl_2013/ | title=Land Tirol - Wahlen }} In the 2018 state election, it received 5.46% of the vote, keeping its two seats.{{cite web | url=https://wahlen.tirol.gv.at/landtagswahl_2018/index.html | title=Land Tirol - Wahlen }}
In the 2019 Austrian legislative election they endorsed the Peter Pilz List JETZT.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tt.com/politik/landespolitik/16055132/liste-jetzt-holt-sich-unterstuetzung-von-tirols-liste-fritz|title = Liste JETZT holt sich Unterstützung von Tirols Liste Fritz|date = 14 September 2019}} In the 2022 state election, the party received 9.9% of the vote, receiving 3 seats.
Ideology
In the 2008 state election in Tyrol, List Fritz Dinkhauser focused on “fair distribution, the ending of rope teams and a policy that focuses on the people and not the powerful” as its central topics.
The goals of the list included political, economic and social renewal, the fight against abuse of power, an education offensive, affordable housing, family support, social security and the promotion of culture and tradition. Furthermore, the List Fritz Dinkhauser called for the federal states and municipalities to be strengthened against the centralization tendencies of the federal government and the reduction in electricity prices, and the return of land to the agricultural communities.{{Cite web|url=https://listefritz.at/|title=Startseite|website=Liste Fritz - Bürgerforum Tirol}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.listefritz.at/ Official homepage (national election)]
- [http://www.fritz-dinkhauser.at/ Official homepage (Tyrolean state election)]
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Category:2008 establishments in Austria
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