Austrian voters chose former elder statesman Alexander Van der Bellen as the country's next president, rejecting a bid by Norbert Hofer, a member of the Freedom Party. The movement of anti-immigrant, right-wing nationalists — founded in the 1950s and initially led by a former officer of the Nazi SS — had hoped to be the next pillar in the anti-establishment "new world order."
   
 
News Alert Sun., Dec. 04, 2016 11:52 a.m.
  
 
Far right candidate concedes presidential race in Austria
Austrian voters chose former elder statesman Alexander Van der Bellen as the country's next president, rejecting a bid by Norbert Hofer, a member of the Freedom Party. The movement of anti-immigrant, right-wing nationalists — founded in the 1950s and initially led by a former officer of the Nazi SS — had hoped to be the next pillar in the anti-establishment "new world order."
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