Article originally appeared on www.zerohedge.com.
Originally published via Armageddon Prose:
The ascendant so-called European “far-right” has claimed another scalp — this time in, of all places, Austria, not typically regarded as a hotbed of political extremism.
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Via Express (emphasis added):
“The far-Right won the most votes in an Austrian election for the first time since World War Two on Sunday, as the Freedom Party (FPÖ) plans to “open the doors to a new era”. Founded by a group of Nazi SS officers in the 1950s*, Herbert Kickl’s party won 29.2% of the vote according to official provisional results – almost three points ahead of the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) on 26.5%. While the win is clear, it is not enough of a majority, and Kickl will have to form a coalition if he wants to take the country’s reins. The party’s triumph is yet another sign of an increasingly Right-leaning Europe. Unlike …
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