Franz Handlos
Franz Handlos (born 9 December 1939 in Rusel,
right-wing politician.[1]
Handlos first came to prominence as member of the
communist state.[2]
As a result of the split Handlos and Voigt joined with well-known political commentator and former CSU activist
French National Front.[4] A bitter struggle for power ensued, with the radical wing winning out and in 1985 Handlos stood down as leader of the party and resigned his membership.[4]
Handlos formed his own Freiheitlichen Volkspartei and this group contested the 1986 Bavarian Landtag elections. However the new party gained only 0.4% of the vote, leaving Handlos on the fringes.[5]
References
- ^ "Franz Handlos ist tot". Wochenblatt.de. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ D. Art, The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria, Cambridge, 2006, p. 147
- ^ Russell J. Dalton, Germany Divided: The 1994 Bundestag Elections and the Evolution of the German Party System, 1996, p. 134
- ^ a b c Cas Mudde, Ideology of the Extreme Right, 2002, p. 31
- ^ Andreas Schulze, Kleinparteien in Deutschland, 2004, p. 104