Local authorities and security agency in Austria have noted that the salute and other Ustaša symbols are undesirable during the annual commemoration of Bleiburg repatriations in Bleiburg, Carinthia. However, as they are not explicitly covered by Austrian laws banning Nazi insignia and symbols, they are often observed at the commemorations. The Greens and many civil organizations have therefore asked Carinthian and federal Austrian authorities to ban the gathering. In the spring of 2018, many federal politicians across the party spectrum supported a stricter enforcement of the Austrian laws against hate speech and Nazi insignia. After the Austrian government decided to send additional law enforcement and judiciary to control the gathering in 2018, the organizers decided to ban any flags, especially those with the CDF emblem and the salute "Za dom spremni". The authorities announced that any expression of the salute will be punished.