Replay presidential election. Europe is afraid of the victory of the right-wing populists – Dziennik.pl

“The victory of right-wing populists. What a disgrace for the Alpine republic!” – Writes the German business daily “Handelsblatt” and adds: “Repeat presidential election is first and foremost a victory for the populists. What is more, however: deepen in Austria divisions – at worst threaten new elections. The decision of the Constitutional Court is the Alpine republic a powerful aged reputations.”

According to the conservative German daily “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”: “the more the EU is divided, the greater the chances are for Hofer.” The right-wing German daily “Muenchner Merkur” he writes in a similar vein: “ Social Democratic Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern has already applied for a short election campaign, which would not be charged emotions. More likely, however, is a tense campaign, in which a large role to play British may vote in favor of Brexitu. Hofer demanded that also in Austria organized a referendum on remaining in the EU. ”

According to the Spanish daily “El Pais” created a difficult situation. “The Constitutional Court ordered repeat elections, which ultraprawicowcy lost. This decision resulted in the Alpine country a political earthquake” – he wrote.

According to the Swiss conservative daily “Neue Zuercher Zeitung”, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe), which is a member Norbert Hofer , it will not change its current strategy on the way to power. “FPOe alive with political of managing mistrust of society to + system +. Therefore will not change his bringing a successful strategy, which ensured its candidate almost half of the votes. Its aim, to which the present judgment it significantly closer, remains the overthrow of the government and early parliamentary elections. It will be they had a chance to achieve even greater triumph “- says the” NZZ “.

fears of a crisis in relations between Austria and the EU expressed the Italian left-liberal daily” La Reppublica “:” Hofer now has a chance to become first ultranacjonalistycznym, hostile to foreigners and extreme right-wing president of an EU Member State. the profile, which produces in Europe concern, because after the referendum on Brexitu Hofer opted for a similar vote in Europe. According to Hofer EU is still going in the wrong direction. You have to ask whether Austrians will remain in the EU. ”