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What’s the matter with Austria?

By Dan Hannan
Published May 30, 2016 4:03am ET
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What’s the matter with Austria?
The entire Austrian establishment piled in behind Alexander Van der Bellen, with Jean-Claude Juncker insisting that there must be "no debate or dialogue with the far Right". (AP Photo)

Never mind Kansas. What is the matter with Austria?

Last week’s presidential election saw the wealthy Alpine republic evenly split between two fringe candidates. Alexander Van der Bellen, the Green, beat his far-Right rival, Norbert Hofer, by just 31,000 votes out of 4.64 million cast.

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