VOA (Dec. 4, 2016): Wir werden international sehr genau beobachtet (750 akkreditierte Journalisten in der Hofburg!)...hier ein Beitrag der VOA als Beispiel:
Independent Defeats Populist in Austrian Presidential Election. Presidential candidate Alexander Van der Bellen celebrates his victory in Sunday's presidential election with supporters in Austria's capital Vienna. Van der Bellen beat his far-right opponent Norbert Hofer by a seven percent margin. (VdB schlug den rechtsextremen Hofer um 7%).
Austria has elected Independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen as president. The former Green Party leader defeated Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer.
(Der ehemalige Führer der Grünen besiegt den Kanditaten der FPÖ - Hofer)
Van der Bellen captured 53.3 percent of the vote, compared to 46.7 percent for Hofer. The results do not include absentee ballots (Briefwähler) but officials say there are too few of those to change the outcome.
VdB deutet seinen Sieg als Signal für Hoffnung und Veränderung in allen Hauptstädten der EU...
Van der Bellen supports Austrian membership in the European Union. He called his victory a “signal of hope and change” to “all the capitals of the European Union.”
Hofer bringt seine Abneigung der EU gegenüber zum Ausdruck...und drohte mit einem Referendum, ob Österreich die EU verlassen solle. In contrast, Hofer spoke out against EU attempts to get too much control over individual states. He threatened to call a referendum on whether Austria should leave the EU. He also took a strong anti-immigration position during his campaign.
Hofers wurde stark durch die Ablehnung der Flüchtlingspolitik....Experts partly link Hofer’s rise in popularity to immigration policies. Many people are concerned about the current migrant crisis in Europe. Tens of thousands of migrants have sought asylum in Austria in the past few years.
Auch die jungen Identitären (dazu zählt übrigens auch Lopatkas Sohn!!!) waren Hofer-Jünger, welche den Multikulturalismus bekämpfen.
Many of Hofer’s followers are young men. They include members of Austria’s so-called Identity movement, which opposes multiculturalism. The movement is growing, adding groups in countries across Western Europe.
Kein Nazi in der Hofburg-Posters sieht man auf einem Bild: Angry demonstrators carrying a banner with obscene language march in protest against far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer in Vienna.
Hofers deutliche Niederlage wir als Rückschlag der europäischen Populistenbewegung gedeutet. Hofer sagt aber, wir sind noch nicht fertig... Hofer’s loss is seen as a setback to such populist movements in Europe. Hofer told reporters that although he lost, he will keep up efforts to make sure the Austrians who voted for him are not ignored. “We are not done,” he told VOA. “I will fight for the next elections.”
Political experts say the election of Donald Trump in the United States heavily influenced politics in Austria and other EU nations. Trump campaigned on strong immigration enforcement and criticized European policies on migrants.
Bryan Lynn wrote this story for VOA Learning English, based on reports from Jamie Dettmer and Luis Ramirez of VOA News and the Associated Press. Caty Weaver was the editor.
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