[austria] centre-left win, immigration more important than business

Caneletto’s painting also here

Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's campaign emphasis on staying the course on business-friendly tax cuts and playing up his image as a safe pair of hands stumbled on discontent over widening income gaps and Muslim immigration. "People in Austria believe that we are a rich and wealthy country, but not everything is distributed evenly," Social Democrat leader Alfred Gusenbauer said on Austrian TV. "And therefore people want a correction." So the Social Democrats gained 35.7 per cent and are now the government. Schuessel himself seems to have ended his career after a particularly dirty campaign from both sides. Interesting how immigration is the main agenda in so many countries just now, particularly that of Muslims and interesting about Austria’s 20th century history. The business implications are also significant.