So Austria does not have a right wing populist President. Alexander Van Der Bellen defeated Norbert Hofer by 31000 votes, or 50.3% to 49.7% – summary of the result from Der Standard here. But that was too close for comfort. It’s also not enough to point out that Van Der Bellen was not the best …
Posted by Jon
Alexander Van Der Bellen, Austria, EU Politics, FPÖ, Norbert Hofer, populism, Social democracy |