Haider set to quit after election humiliation

A day after his far-right Freedom Party suffered a crushing defeat in Austria’s general election, Joerg Haider said he was planning to step down as governor of Carinthia province, hinting he would leave the political scene altogether.

Controversial Haider, who admired some of Adolf Hitler’s policies, said he would propose his plan to party leaders at a meeting later in the day and “try to achieve a consensus with them.”