Austria's far-right party challenges election defeat
Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Wednesday (8 June) filed a legal challenge at the constitutional court alleging "terrifying" irregularities in the presidential election two weeks ago in which their candidate narrowly lost.
"We are not sore losers. This is about protecting the very foundations of democracy," FPO leader Heinz-Christian Strache was quoted as saying in Vienna by the AFP news agency.
"The extent of irregularities is more than terrifying. That's why I feel obliged to challenge the result," he said.
FPO has filed a 150-page document which alleged that up to 570,000 votes were invalid.
-> Source: EUobserver
"We are not sore losers. This is about protecting the very foundations of democracy," FPO leader Heinz-Christian Strache was quoted as saying in Vienna by the AFP news agency.
"The extent of irregularities is more than terrifying. That's why I feel obliged to challenge the result," he said.
FPO has filed a 150-page document which alleged that up to 570,000 votes were invalid.
-> Source: EUobserver
Sacrifier la démocratie pour empêcher les populistes de prendre le pouvoir... avant de faire alliance avec eux. On y est presque... à peu près 600.000 votes qui seraient invalides sans compter le traitement des votes par correspondance qui ont fait basculer la balance de 31.000 voix, très courte victoire de Alexander Van der Bellen (Indépendant)... Comment après cela faire encore confiance au système ...
Démocratie chantage
