Oct 15, 2017
the last minutes before we get the first results and I’m already about to have a heartattack
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the last minutes before we get the first results and I’m already about to have a heartattack
ein trauriger tag für österreich.
we’re electing the new parliament (and the chancellor with it) today. y’all know what this means. it’s time to pray cause it looks fucking bleak.
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Far-right candidate Hofer concedes Austria election to Van der Bellen
World
Far-right candidate Hofer concedes Austria election to Van der Bellen
The far-right candidate in Austria's presidential election has congratulated his independent rival shortly after polls closed. In a Facebook post, Norbert Hofer said: "I am very sad that it didn't work out. I would have loved to look after our Austria. Avdb (Alexander Van der Bellen) I congratulate you for your success and I ask all Austrians to please stick together and let us work together.
We are all Austrians irrespective of who we voted for. Long live our homeland Austria.
Norbert Hofer
AP said it appeared that Mr Van der Bellen had an "unbeatable lead". There are, however, votes still to be counted. The likely result has come as a surprise, because polls prior to Sunday's ballot had shown the two candidates neck and neck. The election was a re-run of another vote in May, ordered by a court after Mr Van der Bellen won by less than 1%.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/derziegelstein/
i’m so glad austria’s next president is not gonna be that far-right asshole it could have been. i can’t even tell you
Austria far-right on cusp of power in election showdown
Politics
Austria far-right on cusp of power in election showdown
Austrians will return to the polls on Sunday in a bitterly fought marathon election. The result could propel the European Union's first far-right president to power and boost the anti-establishment tide sweeping many countries. Norbert Hofer of the hardline Freedom Party (FPOe) hopes to emerge victorious after he narrowly lost to his Greens-backed rival in a first run-off in May, which was annulled over ballot count breaches. Green Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen, 72, is a retired economics professor who supports the EU, free trade and liberal policies towards migrants.
These people aren't working [in Austria] so I say give these asylum seekers the skills so they can rebuild in their own countries. Now that would be a meaningful task.
Norbert Hofer
Boosted by Brexit and Donald Trump's shock US election win, smooth-tongued gun enthusiast Hofer has vowed to "get rid of the dusty establishment", seek closer ties with Russia and fight against "Brussels centralising power". Although Austria's presidency is largely ceremonial, observers believe a win for Hofer, 45, would trigger a domino effect in the wake of key elections next year in France, Germany and the Netherlands. Populist groups across Europe, on the right and the left, have benefitted from a growing sense of unease about globalisation, multiculturalism, rising inequality and austerity cuts.
We know that things need to change - but let's not destroy things.
Alexander Van der Bellen