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Austria: Far-Right Candidate Narrowly Loses Presidential Race

HeadlineMay 23, 2016

Update: BBC News reports Green Party-backed candidate Alexander Van der Bellen has won the election, defeating the far-right candidate, Norbert Hofer.
In Austria, a far-right candidate has deadlocked with a Green Party-backed candidate in the presidential election. The close race will decided by mail-in ballots. Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party has campaigned on an anti-migrant platform focused on the arrival of refugees. Far-right parties have seen a surge across the continent, but Hofer would be the first far-right head of state elected in Europe since 1945.

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