Austrian far-right party nominates economist for governor
Robert Holzmann has distinguished career as pensions specialist, but political links may cause controversy
Austria’s coalition government has named an economist linked to the country’s far-right party as the next governor of its central bank, locally-based reporters said.
Robert Holzmann is the choice of the country’s hard-right Freedom Party (FPO) to become the next governor of the Austrian National Bank, according to several media sources, including Reuters news agency. The Freedom Party is in a coalition with Austria’s centre-right Austrian People’s Party or OVP, led by the country’s chancellor
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