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May 24, 2016

Austria: Far-Right Candidate Narrowly Defeated in Presidential Race
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In Austria, a former Green Party leader has defeated his far-right
opponent by a narrow margin in the presidential race. Alexander Van der
Bellen won 50.3 percent of the vote, defeating far-right candidate
Norbert Hofer, who won 49.7 percent. Hofer ran on an anti-migrant
platform and would have become the first far-right head of state elected
in Europe since 1945.


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