Austrian right-wing candidate barely loses..

[Risottia]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36362505

...and all the people rejoiced.

Or did they? I find quite scary that Austria (homeland of the moustachio and of a fair lot of Nazi top-jobs) gave 49.7% of its presidential votes to a far-right candidate. Especially since even the SPÖ caved in to a widespread xenophobic sentiment lately.

[Liriena]

And the Green Party candidate won.

Now this is a feel-good story!

[Herrebrugh]

"Van der Bellen"? Who is he, some immigrant?

[Spiloebistan]

Looks like they ostracized him.

[Kelinfort]

Looks like they ostracized him.

*Austracized

[Narintia]

Bias OP much?

[Val Halla]

I'm worried about the spread of far right

[The Huskar Social Union]

Good.

And the Green Party candidate won.

Now this is a feel-good story!

Never expected a green to win a national election.

[Val Halla]

Good.

And the Green Party candidate won.

Now this is a feel-good story!

Never expected a green to win a national election.

He's a Green backed independent

[The Huskar Social Union]

Good.

Never expected a green to win a national election.

He's a Green backed independent

Oh, misread that part of the article then.

[Risottia]

Bias OP much?

I made my personal bias quite evident. If you want to reply with your personal bias, feel free to do so.

[The East Marches]

This is only the beginning, good luck Europe, you're gonna need it. Retarded ideas lead to retarded consquences.

[Aevaelon]

Before making any judgement on this, we should also consider that only in 2015 there have been more than 90 thousands requests of asylum coming from refugees.. that is to say more than 1% of Austria's own population only last year.
The situation worsen if we consider the role of UE in the managing of the refugee crisis, that is to say no contribution at all.
Personally I find only natural and more than reasonable that many people consider Austria's first duty to be concerned about its own citizen and rely on the only candidate who could have achieved so; I wish the best of luck to Mr. Van Der Bellen but the fact that he was supported by the “traditional” parties and that he personally encouraged people to vote for him because he was the lesser of two evil, certainly does not bode well for him. I am afraid that he was elected only out of fear for his adversary rather than because of his programs and promises.

[MERIZoC]

Yay greenies! <3

[Val Halla]

Yay greenies! <3

Green backed independent

[Conserative Morality]

Sweet Jesus, there is a God. I was terrified.

[Spiloebistan]

i didn't mean to post

[Aelex]

Good I suppose, Austrians chose the lesser of two evil tho I find the recurrence of those "pest or cholera" referendum happening everywhere in the West lately to be quite an unsettling phenomena. I hope the Establishment will get it's shits together before the populists make their way into power as the mainstream opinion is becoming more and more accustomed enough to their presence.

[Seraven]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36362505

...and all the people rejoiced.

Or did they? I find quite scary that Austria (homeland of the moustachio and of a fair lot of Nazi top-jobs) gave 49.7% of its presidential votes to a far-right candidate. Especially since even the SPÖ caved in to a widespread xenophobic sentiment lately.

*Phew*

[Minoa]

This is why I vote: if more people voted in the UK then there would be more hope and more understanding.

[Allet Klar Chefs]

This is why I vote: if more people voted in the UK then there would be more hope and more understanding.

More hope for what and more understanding of what?

[Great Carlistan]

Oh thank God! My last update was a tie and I nearly had a heart attack

[Napkiraly]

I'm disappointed.

[Zurkerx]

That was a really close election. It looks like the far right got stopped, for now.

[Werftkrieg]

I'm worried about the spread of far right

Booooooooooooo.