Austrians’ Rejection of Far-right Carries a Message

Centrists and leftists across Europe are expressing relief after projections from Austria's presidential election showed far right, anti-immigrant, Euroskeptic Norbert Hofer lost by a 7 percent margin to Alexander Van Der Bellen, an independent supported by the Green Party in a race seen as a test for the strength of populist movements in Europe.       It was an angry campaign in which opponents of Hofer did not hold back in labeling him as a Nazi, often comparing...

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