French Prime Minister Manuel Valls hails the victory of a Greens-backed candidate over the far-right contender in Austria’s presidential election as a blow for populism in Europe.
“Great win by Alexander Van der Bellen in Austria. Populism is not Europe’s fate,” Valls, who is expected to run for president in next year’s election, tweets after Van der Bellen’s rival Norbert Hofer concedes defeat.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls makes a statement following a security meeting with French President Francois Hollande on July 15, 2016 at the Elysee Palace in Paris, a day after a gunman smashed a truck into a crowd of revelers celebrating Bastille Day in the city of Nice. (AFP Photo/Thomas Samson)
The outcome of the Austrian election is being closely watched in France, where far-right leader Marine Le Pen is riding high in polls five months before the French begin voting for Francois Hollande’s successor.
Le Pen was among the first to react.
“Congratulations to the FPOe which fought bravely. The next elections will be theirs,” she writes on Twitter, referring to Hofer’s anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPOe), an ally of her National Front.
— AFP
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