Austria’s chancellor has pledged to ban a controversial student fraternity for promoting neo-Nazi ideas. The group faced widespread criticism after reports revealed it had printed songbooks celebrating the Holocaust. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told reporters on Wednesday that he would launch proceedings to shut the fraternity down. The scandal deepened after it emerged that a lawmaker from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), Udo Landbauer, had until recently served as the fraternity’s vice-chairman. The FPÖ was established by former Nazis in the 1950s, but the party has sought to distance itself from anti-Semitism.

Source: Egypt Independent January 31, 2018 13:30 UTC