Talk:Austrian People's Party

message: 213, please try to keep our naming consistent. There's no reason to redirect to here from the ÖVP page, the ÖVP name is commonly used even in English articles about the party. People's Party is just a loose translation. --Eloquence
:As I understand it, Wikipedi article titles should be in English whenever possible, with a redirect from the name in the original language.  "Austrian People's Party" is a literal and faithful translation of Österreichische Volkspartei, and is the logical English name for this party. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions.
:Well, since you've redirected FPÖ as well, and the English titles seem to be commonly used as per a Google check, I can live with that.--Eloquence
Not withstanding the naming fun, this is an impeccably useful article. Thank you to the editors. -Penta 05:19, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh... given that this article is basically mine at this point, that I'm a pretty new kid around here, and that I'm planning Massive Extensions of several other articles: do you really think the article is "impeccable", or is there anything I should have done differently? Anyway, you're perfectly welcome. -Ratatosk 05:47, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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message: "The People's Party's position within the traditional political spectrum is hard to mark down. On the one hand, its views on economic policy are slightly right-of-center if seen in the context of Europe's political landscape, and its views on social policy are right-of-center in the context of the political landscape of almost any Western democracy.
On the other hand, its views on economic policy are still arguably closer to those of classical social democracy than to those of classical laissez-faire capitalism, and it advocates decidedly more economic interventionism than most ostensibly left-wing parties in Europe. "--194.65.151.249 11:39, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What is there to say? I don't think that it's a huge contradiction, but that's my opinion. It is already explicitly stated in the article that "The People's Party's position within the traditional political spectrum is hard to mark down." I think that that is sufficient a statement, and don't believe that there is something to change, if you were inferring that. --Thallium81 (talk) 21:41, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

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message: An IP editor has been edit-warring to change the translation of the party's native name. Their edits are incorrect: although the party may have changed its name to Die neue Volkspartei, it continues to refer to itself in English (on its own English website) as the "Austrian People's Party". This should not be changed in the article. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:29, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Die neue Volkspartei 

message: Is it really appropriate to describe ÖVP as a right-wing populist party, given it is the traditional party of the Austrian establishment and centre? Kurz' may have adopted some right-wing populist themes, but this label seems excessive, especially after the breakup of his coalition with the FPÖ and the formation of the new government with the Greens. Currently there is only one source backing up this claim.--Jay942942 (talk) 11:51, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: For now, I'll just describe it as a political faction.--삭은사과 (talk) 12:18, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

text: No, it's not excessive. While I do agree with you that the ÖVP was a centre to centre-right christian social, conservative party, it has shifted soundly to the right under Kurz' chairmanship. And while Kurz, his team, and his proponents may only have constituted a faction of the party, they're now undoubtedly in the majority and so is the ideology of right-wing populism. Since Kurz has already largely reshaped his party and isn't expected to relinquish his power anytime soon, I think it's safe to say that this ideology isn't only a temporary phenomenon. And you don't need more than one reliable source to back this assertion as long as there is no contesting source. However, I wouldn't object stating in the article that right-wing populism primarily applies to the federal party and in a lesser to no extent to the state parties. Colonestarrice (talk) 16:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
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message: Is the part still registered as Österreichische Volkspartei, as opposed to the new name? The party's website has it registered as the new name at the bottom of its website. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 10:01, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Party's Name