Meanwhile, Obama's approval rating in Austria collapsed from 80% to 42% after announcing his support for Turkey to join the EU.
HC Strache, FPÖ leader, strongly attacked Obama for it and urged him to admit Turkey as 51. US state and later dealing with the cost of integration and immigration that would result from it. He said Turkey is not part of Europe, has never been and negotiations about joining need to be stopped immediately and never resumed.
http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Tuerkei_als_51_US-Bundesstaat_0448836.ece
That's pretty much identical to what the CSU said in Germany, including the "51st state" comment. Who gets plagiarized by whom here?
Depends on who said it first ...
The CSU in Bavaria combines much of the political spectrum that consists of ÖVP/BZÖ/FPÖ here in Austria. Only with the difference that the radical/conservative part of the CSU is declining in favor of FDP/Free Voters, whereas here the Far-Right is gaining and the moderates (ÖVP) are stagnating or losing ground.
PS: Obama's approval rating here in Austria didn't really collpase from 80 to 42%, just because he wants Turkey in the EU, that was a joke ...
