A just-completed poll by the Oesterreich newspaper among likely voters nationwide showed that if parliamentary elections were called, Hofer’s Freedom Party would emerge triumphant with 35 percent of the vote, followed by the two parties that now govern Austria in a “grand coalition:” the Social Democrats at 26 percent and the People’s (conservative) Party at 19 percent. “How many Austrians does it take to elect a President?” is just one of the one-liners heard since the summer about a country and its electorate that historically pride themselves on doing things the right way.
Now, with Europe and a growing part of the rest of the world watching, Austrians appear poised to give their largely ceremonial presidency to an immigration hard-liner often likened to Donald Trump after an election that can only be called, well, troubled......Read More......
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