There was some rare good news for Austria’s Social Democrats (SPO) as they turned in an excellent performance in the regional election in Kaernten (Carinthia) yesterday. With nearly 48 per cent of the votes the SPO came within a whisker of an absolute majority in the parliament in Klagenfurt, close to the southern border with […]
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Election result: Tirol regional parliament 2018
There was comfort for all three of Austria’s main parties in today’s regional election in the Tirol, with gains in vote share for national ruling coalition partners the People’s Party (OVP) and Freedom Party (FPO) as well the main opposition Social Democrats (SPO). With 44 per cent of the votes, the OVP adds a second […]
Lower Austria vote is first test for Kurz
Voters will go to the polls a week today in Austria’s largest region, Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria) in what will be the first electoral test for the new coalition government in Vienna led by Sebastian Kurz of the OVP (Austrian People’s Party). This will be the first in a series of regional elections in the Alpine […]