Austrian far right ditches 'Nazi' flower for edelweiss

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Austrian far right ditches 'Nazi' flower for edelweiss

Austria's far-right Freedom Party raised eyebrows in parliament on Thursday by ditching their usual blue cornflowers, a symbol associated by many with Nazism despite the party's strenuous denials.

The anti-immigration party's 51 MPs instead sported an edelweiss, a white-and-yellow Alpine flower, in their lapels at the opening session of parliament following last month's elections.

The edelweiss stands for "courage, bravery and love," FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache, who is set to become deputy premier in a likely coalition currently being negotiated with the conservatives, said on Wednesday.

https://www.thelocal.at/20171109/aus...-for-edelweiss

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Here is the edelweiss on German WW2 uniforms and headgear