Austrian nationalist candidate to flaunt his ‘toughness’

Reports of the campaign from August 2016 to rerun the Presidential Election in Austria to be held on the 2 October 2016.

In a ruling announced on the 1 July 2017 Austria's Constitutional Court had called for a re-run of the 2016 presidential election.

The court upheld a challenge brought by the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) against its candidate Norbert Hofer's narrow defeat in the second round of the presidential election on the 22 May 2016.

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ESO: Background information: Austrian presidential election, 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/austrian-presidential-election-2016/

ESO: Background information: Austria’s highest court overturns presidential runoff http://www.europeansources.info/record/austrias-highest-court-overturns-presidential-runoff/

EurActiv, 29.08.16: Far-right candidate ahead in polls for Austrian presidency http://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/far-right-candidate-ahead-in-polls-for-austrian-presidency/

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