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Trump's victory in the US could give "certain advantages" to far-right Norbert Hofer (Photo: Norbert Hofer/Facebook)

Austrian candidates both seek Trump effect

Following Donald Trump’s shock victory in the US, all eyes are now on Austria, the West’s next election battleground pitting a continuity candidate against an opponent posing as an anti-system insurgent.

In the lead-up to the 4 December rerun of Austria’s May presidential election, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court because of vote-counting irregularities, Green Party-affiliated candidate Alexander Van der Bellen has cast...

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