Tag: Alexander Van der Bellen

• Monday, December 5th 2016 - 11:31 UTC

  EU sigh of relief: Austria votes for independent, rejects anti migrant candidate

  

  Independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen, a pro-EU left wing who preached moderation, has won Austria's presidential election on Sunday over right-wing populist Norbert Hofer. A former leading member of the Green Party, Van der Bellen was the hope of Austrians who wanted to stop Hofer, a leader of the anti migrant and anti EU Freedom Party.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:35 UTC

  Austrian Euro-skeptic presidential candidate has a chance to turn narrow defeat into victory

  

  In a move that could turn into the next blow to the EU after Britain’s exit vote, Austria’s highest court ordered a rerun of the country’s presidential election. The landmark decision gives a right-wing candidate the chance to turn his narrow defeat into victory.