Thursday, September 01, 2016

#AUSTRIA: Anti-EU Pres. Candidate Launches Campaign For "Re-Run" Election

[world politics news]


The Freedom Party successfully challenged the result of a presidential run-off election in May in which its candidate, Norbert Hofer, narrowly lost against former Green Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen.  The Constitutional Court of Austria ordered a re-run of the election, which will take place Oct. 2. Norbert is surging in popularity as anti-European Union feeling sweeps the nation.

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