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Austria: Elections Will Again Empower a Far-Right Party

Oct 6, 2017 | 16:07 GMT

Forecast Update:

Stratfor's Fourth-Quarter Forecast states that the general election in Austria will reveal the popularity of the far-right in the country. It predicts that, should the far-right enter Austria's next government, Vienna will be more willing to confront the European Union on issues such as migration, the future of the Schengen Agreement and efforts to revamp the bloc to address southern members' concerns.

Earlier this year, Austria called a snap election to reduce conflict within its governing parties. Now the Oct. 15 vote is fast approaching. According to the final poll before the elections, published by Research Affairs/Osterreich on Oct. 5, the center-right Austrian People's Party (OVP) is preferred by 34 percent of polled voters, followed by the right-wing Freedom Party (FPO) with 27 percent and the center-left Social Democratic Party with 22 percent....

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