Impasse in Austria

- Anxiously awaits Austria who the new head of state. The two remaining candidates went up late last night head-to-head. Today 720,000 letter voters are counted. Therefore, it remains unclear whether the far-right EU critic Norbert Hofer (45) is President in the Hofburg.

The nationalist Freedom Party politician was a long time in the lead, will attend 52 percent of the vote. His rival Alexander van der Bellen, a 72-year-old economist and member of the Green Party, had the support of 48 percent of voters. More than six million inhabitants of the Alpine were allowed to vote.

,, This actually wanted one. We have to wait until tomorrow, 'said Hofer, who runs after an accident at the paragliding with a stick. His rival Van der Bellen was happy:,, At the first election two weeks ago I got a fifth of the votes, and already nearly half. 'Many important actors and artists were called upon to vote for the retired professor, as the coalition parties SPÖ and ÖVP.
  
    
     
      
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In the imperial Hofburg in Vienna last night was a lot of international attention to the remaining candidates. If Hofer, until now deputy chairman of the parliament, actual president is then Europe is the first radical-right head of state, with contacts in the national-socialist environment.

However, the European Commission is particularly concerned that he close the borders and not refugees recording will. Hofer:,, We are dealing with an invasion, it is not just friendly people, but also those which are willing to cut someone's throat. 'He wants foreigners to leave the country. Asylum seekers he called goatherds.

According to writer Nina Horaczek his FPÖ a revanchist party who longs to the Anschluss of Austria to Germany. Hofer is an honorary member of a corporal association, which does not recognize the Alpine Republic. South Tyrol does he separate from Italy, by allowing handing out a referendum and passports.
  
  
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An exhibition on the crimes of the Wehrmacht ban he intended. His bureau chief was a neo-Nazi whose brother an extreme right-wing terrorist group, the VAPO, founded. Here was also FPÖ party leader Hans-Christian Strache active. He was arrested in paramilitary exercises with a weapon. With new elections, he may be chancellor because his party leads in all polls.

Hofer has already announced that he is the central government to send home as president. The head of state in Austria has quite some power. Hofer would not only be commander of the army. He can not stop gepruimde laws of moderate parties by him.