- Andreas Mölzer
Andreas Mölzer (born
2 December 1952 inLeoben ) is an Austrianpolitician andMember of the European Parliament for theFreedom Party of Austria .Biography
Andreas Mölzer is of Styrian origin and attended grammar school in
Knittelfeld . After serving in theAustrian Army , he studied Law, History and Sociology at the Graz University. He became a member of aStudent Corps . From 1979 to 1981 he was assistant atlaw departments. He left university in 1982 without graduating and became editor-in-chief of the "Kärntner Nachrichten" newspaper. From 1991 until 1994 he was an elected member of the Bundesrat and president of the "Freedom Party's Academy".From 1999 until 2002, Mölzer was cultural advisor of
Jörg Haider , governor of Carinthia. In 2004, Mölzer was elected as onlyMEP for the Freedom Party. In 2005, he was expelled from the Freedom Party for being a harsh critic ofJörg Haider and his faction, but was readmitted afterHeinz-Christian Strache took over the party.Andreas Mölzer is married and has five children. He lives in Carinthia.Politics
Mölzer is a leading figure of the pan-German wing of the Freedom Party. He defines himself as "ethnic German" and often publishes articles in several German right-wing journals, such as the
Junge Freiheit . In 1992, a speech by Mölzer, in which he criticised Austrian immigration politics, he used the term "Umvolkung" (roughly translated as "ethnic exchange", a word also used by theNazis for their policies in Eastern Europe). The debate led to a split and to the formation of theLiberales Forum .In the European Parliament, Mölzer is known for trying to create a network of right-wing-MEPs, including the French
Front National , the ItalianFiamma Tricolore and others. The formation of the formerIdentity, Tradition, Sovereignty group is an effect of his efforts. he is Deputy Leader of the group. He sits on itsCommittee on Constitutional Affairs , and is a substitute for theCommittee on Culture and Education and a member of the Delegation to theEU -Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.Media
Mölzer has been publishing in the
Die Presse and theKronen Zeitung , Austria's leadingtabloid , since 1998. Since 1997, he is editor-in-chief of the right-wing-weeklyZur Zeit , which is seen as Austrian pendant to Germany'sJunge Freiheit , for which Mölzer contributes an article on European Affairs every week. He has also been writing and editing several books on political or history topics.ee also
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