‘Elites that distance themselves from voters will be voted out’ – Austria’s Hofer on Trump win
RT.com
17 Nov, 2016
Austrian far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer says Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections proves the public has had enough of political elites and he now sees his own victory in his country’s upcoming elections as more likely.
“Wherever the elites distance themselves from voters, those elites will be voted out of office,” Hofer of Austria’s Freedom Party said in an interview with Reuters news agency. Inspired by Trump’s surprise victory, the politician now believes his election campaign is on the right track, despite its sharp stance on Austria’s EU membership and immigration.
“One comparison could be that Trump also had strong (political) headwinds in the US and he won the election anyway,” Hofer said, comparing himself to the US president-elect. Just like ordinary Americans, ordinary Austrians who are ignored by the ruling political establishment will see that he, like Trump, is ready to deal with their concerns, Hofer believes.
Hofer lost a run-off election to former Green Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen by some 31,000 votes in May of this year, but the results were annulled after Austria’s highest court found that a number of procedural irregularities had transpired during the voting process. The run-off scheduled for next month is also expected to be close, but polls have been showing for months that Hofer has a good chance of winning.
Hofer’s campaign has been focused on every European’s eye sore – the refugee crisis. The right-wing candidate has repeatedly advocated for a ban on “economic migrants” who he says “destroy the social system.”
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