The Slovenians shed no tears over Haider

Dnevnik newspaper publishes an obituary for Jörg Haider on its website: "In European terms Haider was neither a prominent political figure nor a nightmare. His legacy was rather the political discourse of the short-lived 'Third Camp' at the end of the last century. For Slovenia's relations to Austria, primarily in relation to the Slovenian minority in Carinthia, he was definitely a bone of contention. ... The real question now is whether Haider was significant enough to leave a void not only in Carinthia, but also in Austria. In any event, this void will perhaps soon be filled. It may be that a merger between Haider's former party, the Austrian Freedom Party, and the party he led up until his death, the Alliance for the Future of Austria, will form the last chapter in the biography of an eccentric with good relations to Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, but to whom few doors were open in Vienna. The void in Carinthia will reflect Haider's true value."

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