Austrian Elections & Politics 2.0 (Presidential runoff re-vote: 4 Dec. 2016)

[Dutch Conservative]

Sad day for Austria, sad day for Europe. The fearmongering has won again. But i'm optimistic: the people of Europe are awakening. Onwards to the Brexit and then hopefully: the collapse of the EU-Leviathan.

[Dutch Conservative]

Lol at Hofer being a 'fascist'.

Anyway, whilst he lost, it's still a pretty good result for the party regardless - having come so close to beating a candidate who was backed by most of the Austrian political establishment and was heavily favoured to win the election until relatively recently. Hopefully SPOVP will continue to implode (in a similar manner to most other like arrangements across Europe) and we can finally begin to push people like Van Der Bellen away from the levers of power for good.

Hear, hear, my hope is on the Britons!

[Dutch Conservative]

Non natives a treat to jews???

Toulouse? Brussels? Copenhagen? Hypercacher? Ilan Halimi? And then all these "small", "insignificant" acts of violence and threats that go unnoticed for the general public.

Toulouse? You mean Mohammed Merah?
It happened in 2012 much before the refugee crisis. And Mohammed Merah wasn't even a refugee. He was french.
And regarding Bruxelles, same thing, it has been perpetuated by people born in Belgium, not by Syrian refugees.

Interesting to read from someone across the ocean that knows better wat is going on here. Have you been to some area's in European city's? Did you to Amsterdam? To the Molenwijk in Bruxelles? Or did you visit Kanaleneiland in Utrecht?

These problems are real. Jewish schools in Amsterdam are sometimes having trouble securing their pupils. That's why these so-called right-wing-populists parties are on the rise. They understand these problems, start to discuss them and are offering solutions. Well, we can discuss wich solution is better, but you cannot deny these problems. They are real and with all the refugees coming things arent getting any better.

[Dutch Conservative]

Non natives a treat to jews???

Toulouse? Brussels? Copenhagen? Hypercacher? Ilan Halimi? And then all these "small", "insignificant" acts of violence and threats that go unnoticed for the general public.

Toulouse? You mean Mohammed Merah?
It happened in 2012 much before the refugee crisis. And Mohammed Merah wasn't even a refugee. He was french.
And regarding Bruxelles, same thing, it has been perpetuated by people born in Belgium, not by Syrian refugees.

Interesting to read from someone across the ocean that knows better wat is going on here. Have you been to some area's in European city's? Did you to Amsterdam? To the Molenwijk in Bruxelles? Or did you visit Kanaleneiland in Utrecht?

These problems are real. Jewish schools in Amsterdam are sometimes having trouble securing their pupils. That's why these so-called right-wing-populists parties are on the rise. They understand these problems, start to discuss them and are offering solutions. Well, we can discuss wich solution is better, but you cannot deny these problems. They are real and with all the refugees coming things arent getting any better.

I have pretty reliable Intel that suggests windjammer often is in areas of Europe. One piece of evidence is that he is French. Another is that he lives in France.

Oops..the mistake of a noob. I apologies for that remark then (but his profile says Michigan right).

[Dutch Conservative]

Its definitely not a joke. It's the only rational and logic decision the court could have made:
1. Were votingprocedures properly followed? NO.
2. Could the 'slopiness' (or better: violations) have changed the final result? YES
3. Did this damage the trustworthiness of the austrian democracy? YES

Conclusion: a full revote. Compliments for the Constitutional Court.

[Dutch Conservative]

You people do realise that a 100% accurate count across a whole country is actually impossible?

Have you read the ruling? That's not the point actually.

I'm having a hard time understanding the court-bashing here. Who can possibly be in favor of a flawed electionprocess? It's not about vdB or Hofer, it's about the process stupid.

[Dutch Conservative]

Schade Osterreich, aber es bleibt ein sehr schönes land.