Austria Court Orders Re-Run of Presidential Election After Far-Right Candidate Challenges Loss
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by News Editor
Alexander van der Bellen, pictured, defeated Norbert Hofer in Austria’s presidential election in May. Photo: Twitter.
Europe was plunged into fresh crisis on Friday as Austria’s courts ordered a re-run of the country’s presidential election.
The constitutional court ruled the election, in which a far-Right candidate was narrowly defeated, would have to be held again because of irregularities in counting postal votes.
Read full story at The Telegraph.
