Voting in Austria today in the parliamentary elections | News in brief

In Austria, voting will take place on Sunday in parliamentary elections, which, according to forecasts, can lead the far-right to an election victory. The anti-immigration Freedom Party of Austria can become the largest party in the elections.

The Freedom Party has been around for a long time was the most popular party in opinion polls, but the center-right Austrian People’s Party has tightened its lead as the elections approach. The social democrats have been third in the measurements.

Currently, the coalition government of the centre-right People’s Party and the Greens is in power. Karl Nehammer, leader of the centre-right People’s Party, is the chancellor.

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