Rosenkranz, who was 62 years old at the time, is a parliamentarian with the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). He begins speaking with the demonstrators, demanding that they clear the way as Austrian public broadcaster ORF films the scene. Guttmann and the others refuse to back down and ultimately, Rosenkranz retreats without laying his wreath. Controversial National Council President The incident took place two weeks after Rosenkranz had been elected as National Council president, the second highest political office in Austria and comparable with the Bundestag president in Germany or the speaker of the house in the U.S....