(ANSA-AFP) - VIENNA, OCT 24 - Austrian lawmakers on Thursday
elected for the first time a far-right politician as parliament
president despite the Jewish community criticising the nominee
for having paid "hommage to Nazi criminals". Far-right Freedom
Party (FPOe) lawmaker Walter Rosenkranz was elected with 100 out
of 162 valid votes that were cast in parliament's first session
following last month's national elections, current parliament
president Wolfgang Sobotka said.
Austria,lawmakers elect first far-right parliament president
Despite the Jewish community criticising