IN A move that spells trouble for half of Europe’s national anthems, Austria’s Minister for Women’s Affairs has demanded wholesale changes to her country’s paean to purge it of sexist references. Mentions of the “fatherland”, “great sons” and “brotherly choruses” should be replaced by gender-neutral terms such as “homeland” and “joyful chorus”, said Maria Rauch-Kallat, whose quest stands a fair chance of success. No matter that Austria apparently has the only national anthem in Europe written by a woman. “Our national anthem is discriminatory,” Frau Rauch-Kallat, of the centre-right People’s Party, said. “The federal hymn should be part of every...