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Inside Europe: Austria avoids first far-right head of state

Kerry SkyringMay 26, 2016

There were sighs of relief in many European capitals after far-right candidate Nobert Hofer lost out by a whisker to his rival Alexander Van der Bellen for the job as next President of Austria. Less than one percentage point prevented Hofer from becoming the first far-right head of state in the EU. Our Austria correspondent, Kerry Skyring, has been taking stock of the election result.

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