{"id":6551,"date":"2016-05-24T06:31:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T05:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6551"},"modified":"2016-06-13T06:35:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T05:35:03","slug":"austrian-freedom-party-victory-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/05\/24\/austrian-freedom-party-victory-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian Freedom Party: Victory in Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/05\/24\/austrian-freedom-party-victory-defeat\/austria_fpo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6552\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/austria_fpo.jpg\" alt=\"austria_fpo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/austria_fpo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/austria_fpo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Norbert Hofer of the anti-immigration Austrian Freedom Party (FP\u00d6) has been narrowly defeated in his bid to become Austria\u2019s next president.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Austrian Freedom Party: Victory in Defeat<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8111\/austria-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | May 24, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Norbert Hofer of the anti-immigration Austrian Freedom Party (FP\u00d6) has been narrowly defeated in his bid to become Austria\u2019s next president.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Van der Bellen, former leader of Austrian Greens party, won 50.3% of the vote, compared to 49.7% for Hofer. The margin of victory was 31,026 out of nearly 4.5 million votes cast.<\/p>\n<p>European political and media elites have been quick to hail the election of Van der Bellen, who campaigned on a pro-immigration, pro-EU platform. They seem to believe his razor-thin win validates their uninterrupted pursuit of European multiculturalism.<\/p>\n<p>But Hofer can claim victory even in defeat. By winning half the ballots cast, Hofer has exposed Austria\u2019s gaping political divide on immigration and relations with the European Union. Hofer\u2019s rise, which has effectively upended Austria\u2019s political system, has also inspired anti-establishment parties in other parts of Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8111\/austria-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norbert Hofer of the anti-immigration Austrian Freedom Party (FP\u00d6) has been narrowly defeated in his bid to become Austria\u2019s next president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[114,48],"tags":[60,129,195],"class_list":["post-6551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austria-islam-in-europe","category-islam-in-europe","tag-austria","tag-european-union-2","tag-migration-crisis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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