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Austria elections: could the far-right FPÖ take power and what are its plans?
The anti-immigration Freedom party leads in the polls but the centre-right ÖVP looks likely to be kingmaker
Austrians head to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections that polling suggests are likely to be won, for the first time in the country’s postwar history, by the far-right, anti-immigration Freedom party (FPÖ).
The FPÖ is unlikely to secure an outright majority in the 183-seat Nationalrat (National Council), the lower house of the parliament, however, and so would need to negotiate an agreement with a coalition partner to form a government, which may not be easy.
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