Austria: far-right Hofer gets presidential poll first round landslide



VIENNA: -- It is the best result ever for Austria’s far-right Freedom Party in a national election.

Presidential candidate Norbert Hofer, campaigning on an anti-immigration, anti-Europe platform, has won more than 36 percent of votes cast in Sunday’s poll according to first projections from public broadcaster ORF, with his nearest rivals far behind.

Hofer will still face a run-off ballot next month, however, having failed to win a majority of first round votes.


There, he is set to go head to head with Green Party veteran Alexander van der Bellen, running as an independent.

Projections put van der Bellen narrowly ahead of third placed fellow independent Irmgard Griss – a former high court chief justice – who has been campaigning to become Austria’s first female president.

For the first time, candidates from the two main parties that have dominated Austrian post-war politics won’t be taking the top job. They have been eliminated in the first round of voting.

The presidential campaign for the largely ceremonial post has been dominated by the migrant crisis, with Austria having become a major destination for refugees.

A second round ballot is expected to be scheduled for May 22.

The incumbent, 77-year-old Social Democrat Heinz Fischer, cannot run for a third term after two six-year terms in office.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-04-25

The tide is turning.

The presidential campaign for the largely ceremonial post has been dominated by the migrant crisis, with Austria having become a major destination for refugees.

I expect Merkel will be responsible for much of Europe moving to the far-right.

Something is in the wind in Europe.

The tide is turning.

What happens now if Sweden is any guide is the remaining parties form a cartel to keep those who would save their Country out of power.

The presidential campaign for the largely ceremonial post has been dominated by the migrant crisis, with Austria having become a major destination for refugees.

I expect Merkel will be responsible for much of Europe moving to the far-right.

I am not far right (may be I am by definition of the far left do gooders?)

but what is the alternative?

dangerous times (like those now created by Merkel ) might need tough and tougher measures

Edited April 25, 201610 yr by sweatalot

The presidential campaign for the largely ceremonial post has been dominated by the migrant crisis, with Austria having become a major destination for refugees.

I expect Merkel will be responsible for much of Europe moving to the far-right.

Much of Europe turned to the right years ago, Merkel and her cohorts who live in their Ivory Towers ignored us, then called us racist xenophobes, now to save their careers and keep their snouts in the trough they peddle the same old mesage.

Step aside old woman, you are no longer relevant, you are as outdated as your polices.

Nothing but a dinosaur from a bygone era.

None of this is the natural evolution of Europe or its parts. All current problems are directly tied to Social Engineering- intentional, contrived engineering of populations to ensure the survival of inferior ideologies.The end result will be the destruction of the populations and immediately following, the very ideologies that permitted the insurgency.

None of this is the natural evolution of Europe or its parts. All current problems are directly tied to Social Engineering- intentional, contrived engineering of populations to ensure the survival of inferior ideologies.The end result will be the destruction of the populations and immediately following, the very ideologies that permitted the insurgency.

I dont see much multi culturalism going on in the Middle east, or Pakistan, or Bangladesh, if anything I see the exact opposite.

I didnt see much muti culturalism going on in Africa, Rwanda springs to mind when the Tutsi and Hutu were getting into it.

Even today missguided American policy on behalf of their sectarian Sunni Arabs wrecks havoc in Yemen.

Yemen should go back to being two seperate countries split on sectarian lines..

Missguided American policy, allowing their Saudi masters to go into Bahrain and put down an Arab Spring uprising in Pearl Square.

These people will never be elected to any meaningful office with real power: biker gangs, football hooligans, drug dealers and Neo Nazis do not appeal to mainstream voters. Same for everywhere in Europe, including France. They may be better organised these days, better dressed and with better spin/PR , but still a pig wearing earrings. Unelectable.

These people will never be elected to any meaningful office with real power: biker gangs, football hooligans, drug dealers and Neo Nazis do not appeal to mainstream voters. Same for everywhere in Europe, including France. They may be better organised these days, better dressed and with better spin/PR , but still a pig wearing earrings. Unelectable.

The swing to the right is inevitable as "mainstream voters" realise what their elected politicians have done to them. Right wing parties are gaining support over much of western Europe.

These people will never be elected to any meaningful office with real power: biker gangs, football hooligans, drug dealers and Neo Nazis do not appeal to mainstream voters. Same for everywhere in Europe, including France. They may be better organised these days, better dressed and with better spin/PR , but still a pig wearing earrings. Unelectable.

The swing to the right is inevitable as "mainstream voters" realise what their elected politicians have done to them. Right wing parties are gaining support over much of western Europe.

pigs wearing earrings?

if so: what are the elected politicians who have the power now? stubborn dangerous pigs without earrings

Edited April 26, 201610 yr by sweatalot