Austria nearly elects far-right candidate to be its next president, and this is the cause and effect of Regressive Leftism

VIENNA, May 23 (Reuters) - Austria has elected a 72-year-old former leader of the Greens party to be its next president, narrowly avoiding becoming the first country in the European Union to vote in a far-right candidate as head of state. After an election on Sunday that was too close to call, Austrian officials spent most of Monday counting hundreds of thousands of postal ballots which ended up vaulting Alexander van der Bellen past Freedom Party rival Norbert Hofer and into the ceremonial post of president. The Interior Ministry gave van der Bellen 50.3 percent of the vote, compared to 49.7 percent for Hofer, who had run on an anti-immigration platform.
Hofer conceded defeat in a post on his Facebook page, thanking his supporters and telling them not to be despondent. “Of course I am sad today,” he said. “I would have liked to take care of our wonderful country for you as president.” Hofer’s defeat averts an embarrassing setback for Europe’s political establishment, which is increasingly under threat from populist parties that have profited from concerns about the region’s refugee crisis and years of weak growth and high unemployment.
“It’s a relief to see the Austrians reject populism and extremism,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in a Twitter post. “Everyone in Europe must draw lessons from this.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/austria-presidential-election_us_57430c3fe4b00e09e89f7d10?ir=UK§ion=uk_uk&utm_hp_ref=uk


How close was Austria, dragging itself back into the nightmare of a Far Right leadership?
Of course the lefties will fail to see its is they who are pusing people to the right with their constant hypocrisy and defending bad ideas and beliefs

* Edited by Ben to put actual information into the headline

Yes, the people saying we should get along with other cultures are the reason some people don't get along with other cultures. The left is forcing others to espouse bigoted views. Fabulous.

Just like murders are the fault of all those people saying murder is wrong.

Ben_Reilly wrote:Yes, the people saying we should get along with other cultures are the reason some people don't get along with other cultures. The left is forcing others to espouse bigoted views. Fabulous.

Just like murders are the fault of all those people saying murder is wrong.

They have already been getting along with people from other cultures for decades, so that clearly is bullshit then is it not?
What else could it be I wonder?

"Regressive Leftism" ?!?

The left is responsible for pushing more people to the right, by opposing extremist R/W policies and ideology ???

Yeah, right, Didgeri..

You really are getting desperate these days !

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:
"Regressive Leftism"  ?!?

The left is responsible for pushing more people to the right, by opposing extremist R/W policies and ideology ???

Yeah, right,  Didgeri..

You really  are getting desperate these days !

And there is a fine example of left wing regression, hysteria and an inability to see how when people are pushed they verge to the right and this has happened many times in history.
Or do you want a history lesson on this?
Happy to educate you my boy

He lost, just been on news, green party candidate (left) just won lol

That is what the thread says that he lost


doh

Umm but the far left won so obviously it is the centre right failure that has caused the far right expansion
YES the far left are naturally against the far right and the centre right lack of producing a decent candidate means that all right end up voting far right as the centre right is fill of morons, sycophants, parrots preachers.

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

Paul Ettinger wrote:That is what the thread says that he lost


doh

The result was very very close though.

We live in interesting times.

It was very close, so it's a bit of a warning shot across Europe isn't it?