European relief at Austrian far-right election defeat

[WorldNews]

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Austria's voters have resoundingly rejected anti-immigration and eurosceptic Norbert Hofer's bid to become the European Union's first far-right president, a result greeted with relief from centrist politicians across the continent. Instead, Greens-backed independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen swept 53.3 percent of Sunday's vote against 46.7 percent for his rival from the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPOe), according to public television projections. "Today it is not an exaggeration if I say that today we see a red-white-red -- the flag of Austria -- as a signal of hope and change.

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