Austria's two ruling parties, the Social Democrats and the conservative People's Party, received a severe drubbing in Sunday's snap general election.
Social Democratic Party leader Werner Faymann looks set to take over the chancellorship by winning 29.7 per cent, though his party lost 6 percentage points Disenchanted Austrian Voters Could Turn to Far Right ...
In a froth ...
Beggars belief ... compared with the last elections in 2006. The record low results by the Social Democrats and their junior coalition partner contrasted with dramatic gains for the far-right Freedom Party and of the Alliance for the Future of Austria, led by Austria's notorious right-wing leader Joerg Haider.
(Deutsche Welle)
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