Possible Hofer's Austrian Presidency to Become Victory for All Eurosceptics

© REUTERS / Heinz-Peter BaderPresidential candidate Norbert Hofer of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) poses as he casts his ballot at the polling station in his hometown Pinkafeld, Austria, May 22, 2016.
Presidential candidate Norbert Hofer of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) poses as he casts his ballot at the polling station in his hometown Pinkafeld, Austria, May 22, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The probable victory of Austrian far-right Freedom Party’s candidate Norbert Hofer in the presidential elections will be considered as a victory for all eurosceptic forces in the European Union, a spokesperson for the German Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) told Sputnik on Monday.

A man walks between election posters of Alexander Van der Bellen, candidate for presidential elections and former head of the Austrian Greens, right, and Norbert Hofer, candidate for presidential elections of Austria's right-wing Freedom Party, FPOE, left, in Vienna, Austria - Sputnik International
Final Results of Austria Presidential Election Expected Monday Evening
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In case of Hofer's victory, the European Union will see the first far-right head of state within the bloc.

“The victory of the Austria’s Freedom Party candidate [will] be regarded as an overall victory for the euroscpetic political right,” Ronald Glaser said.

On Sunday, Austria held the second round of the presidential elections. According to preliminary results, announced late on Sunday, Norbert Hofer from the Freedom Party (FPO), got some 51.9 percent of the votes, while his rival — Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent candidate, backed by the Green Party, secured 48.1 percent of the votes. Some 900,000 postal votes are now being counted.

Hofer has been campaigning on anti-immigrant and anti-EU platform. During his election campaign, Hofer has sharply criticized the EU-Turkey deal aimed at tackling the migrant flow. He has called for further limits to be put on migrant numbers and stricter rules for asylum seekers as well as for the two-party system that has dominated Austrian politics for the past several decades to be broken up.

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