Charge of racism: the FPÖ pulls a video from the network

Yesterday, the ÖVP-FPÖ government announced new rules against hate in the network. The same day, the FPÖ published on Facebook and other channels an advertising message that touches the deepest of prejudices. After sharp criticism, the video was taken in the evening from the network.

The party wanted to point out, with the video, "where social abuses occur," Hafenecker told APA. And it is the "fact" that mainly "immigrants and strangers abuse our social system". For the video, said Hafenecker, it was "a communication problem put online without me having seen it before". "I could not have put it online like this." After hearing about the short film, the clip was removed from the network because he felt "that it could have been presented differently". "Where many people work, mistakes are sometimes made," said the Secretary General.

Media Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) said in the evening at ZIB2 that the video was "absolutely unacceptable". He was "glad it was removed".

"No luck, Ali"

With a cartoon character named Ali, the FPÖ announced in the video that, as early as next year, the electronic cards would get a picture. Ali says that he wants to brush his teeth in the movie with the electronic map of his cousin Mustafa, they say, but he fails because the virtual map will be equipped with a photo in the future. "Unfortunately, Ali now means: social abuse ade", so the comment of the FPÖ at the end of the video, which also includes a statement from the Minister of Social Affairs, Beate Hartinger-Klein.

NEOS brings in

NEOS has criticized the place in particular. "It is good that the FPÖ and Minister Hartinger-Klein on the occasion of the summit against" hatred in the network "provide illustrative examples," said the opposition party. NEOS announced on Twitter that it has filed an advertisement against the FPÖ for inciting hatred.

The mushroom list (LP) announced a parliamentary inquiry. LP spokesperson Daniela Holzinger described the video as "propaganda work". "The fact that it contains a statement from the minister raises crucial issues," said Holzinger. The party wants to know, among other things, if and how the Ministry of Social Affairs was involved in the production of the video and if Hartinger-Klein removed it himself.

The figure of Ali had already been used by the FPÖ. Four years ago Manfred Haimbuchner, head of the FPÖ in Upper Austria, posted a video with the stereotypical cartoon character. At that time, it was the accusation of dual nationality.