ABSTRACT

This article looks at the immigration profile of the Austrian centre right. It examines whether the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) can be considered an anti-immigrant party by systematically analysing the party’s electoral manifestos from 1994 to 2019. From previously more ambiguous positions, the article identifies an amplification of restrictive positions after 2017. In the electoral manifestos of 2017 and 2019, immigration plays a key role, with a strong focus on Muslim immigrants and their descendants as a ‘cultural other’. A major driver of the explicit anti-immigration profile was the restructuring of the ÖVP into a leadership party, which effectively side-lined concentrated interest groups. The article concludes that the party can be classified today as anti-immigrant actor, able to attract anti-immigrant votes.

摘要

本文着眼于奥地利中右翼的移民概况。它通过系统分析该党从 1994 年到 2019 年的选举宣言，检验奥地利人民党 (ÖVP) 是否可以被视为一个反移民政党。文章从之前较为模棱两可的立场出发，确定了 2017 年之后限制性立场的扩大。在选举中在 2017 年和 2019 年的宣言中，移民发挥了关键作用，强烈关注穆斯林移民及其后代作为“文化他者”。明确的反移民形象的一个主要推动力是 ÖVP 重组为领导党，有效地排挤了集中的利益集团。文章的结论是，该党今天可以被归类为反移民演员，能够吸引反移民选票。