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Montevideo, May 10th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

Tag: Norbert Hofer - Freedom Party

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

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

    Results released shortly after the polls closed on Sunday, showed Van der Bellen with 53.5% of the vote to Hofer's 46.4%.

    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.

  • Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 07:25 UTC

    Austria's Sunday presidential election with an eye on Brexit and Trump's victory

    Hofer has taken a strong anti-immigration position and said he might call a referendum on whether Austria should leave the European Union.

    Austrian voters could elect the European Union’s first far-right leader in the a presidential election on Sunday. Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party is running against Alexander Van der Bellen. Van der Bellen is an independent candidate who led The Greens party earlier. Recent public opinion studies have shown the two candidates with about equal support.