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.

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