The polls have just closed on Austria’s elections, and to the dismay of the MSM, the right-wing got the most votes, first projections show.
The electoral result for the rightwingers so far is larger than projected: they have an almost 3% lead over the Austrian People’s party.
Note: The legacy media in Europe calls any conservative party “far-right” if they venture slightly from leftist doctrine.
‘Far-right’ Freedom party (FPÖ): 29.1%
Centre-right Austrian People’s party (ÖVP): 26.2%
Social Democratic Party (SPÖ): 20.4%
NEOS-New Austria: 8.8%
Greens: 8.6%
The Guardian reported:
“Riding a far-right surge in many parts of Europe and taking Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as a model, the FPÖ and [its leader Herbert] Kickl are capitalising on fears around migration, asylum and crime heightened by the August cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over an alleged Islamist terror plot. Mounting inflation, tepid economic growth and lingering resentment over strict government measures during Covid have dovetailed into an 11-point leap in the polls for the FPÖ since the last election in 2019.”
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