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After more than 800 years of rule of the [[House of Habsburg]], Austria dissolved its [[monarchy]] after [[World War I]] and introduced a [[republic]].Austrian-Hungarian monarchy has dissolved mostly because of the influences from USA and Great Britain as Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy has lost the WWI and had to give away (as Germany) some of its territories according to the [[Treaty of |
After more than 800 years of rule of the [[House of Habsburg]], Austria dissolved its [[monarchy]] after [[World War I]] and introduced a [[republic]].Austrian-Hungarian monarchy has dissolved mostly because of the influences from USA and Great Britain as Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy has lost the WWI and had to give away (as Germany) some of its territories according to the [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)]]. Members of the Habsburg family had to spent the following decades in exile. |
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The Black-Yellow Alliance (SGA) is calling for the reintroduction of hereditary monarchy in Central Europe. Austria by itself would be too small to support an emperor, SGA says. Therefore the party is working towards a union of Central European states of: [[Slovenia]], [[Slovakia]],[[Croatia]], [[Hungary]], [[Austria]] and the [[Czech Republic]], united under a common crown and emperor.<ref>Phil Long und Nicola J. Palmer: ''Royal Tourism. Excursions around Monarchy.'' Clevedon, Buffalo 2007 (ISBN 978-1-84541-081-0), p.109 </ref> |
The Black-Yellow Alliance (SGA) is calling for the reintroduction of hereditary monarchy in Central Europe. Austria by itself would be too small to support an emperor, SGA says. Therefore the party is working towards a union of Central European states of: [[Slovenia]], [[Slovakia]],[[Croatia]], [[Hungary]], [[Austria]] and the [[Czech Republic]], united under a common crown and emperor.<ref>Phil Long und Nicola J. Palmer: ''Royal Tourism. Excursions around Monarchy.'' Clevedon, Buffalo 2007 (ISBN 978-1-84541-081-0), p.109 </ref> |
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The Black-Yellow Alliance (German: Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz, SGA) is a monarchist movement in Austria founded on 6 August 2004. This movement is heavily influenced by the ideas of Otto von Habsburg. The aim is the restoration of the Dual Monarchy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
History
After more than 800 years of rule of the House of Habsburg, Austria dissolved its monarchy after World War I and introduced a republic.Austrian-Hungarian monarchy has dissolved mostly because of the influences from USA and Great Britain as Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy has lost the WWI and had to give away (as Germany) some of its territories according to the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919). Members of the Habsburg family had to spent the following decades in exile.
The Black-Yellow Alliance (SGA) is calling for the reintroduction of hereditary monarchy in Central Europe. Austria by itself would be too small to support an emperor, SGA says. Therefore the party is working towards a union of Central European states of: Slovenia, Slovakia,Croatia, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic, united under a common crown and emperor.[1]
The economist Wolfgang Geissler is the president of the party.
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References
- ^ Phil Long und Nicola J. Palmer: Royal Tourism. Excursions around Monarchy. Clevedon, Buffalo 2007 (ISBN 978-1-84541-081-0), p.109
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