Brussels 09.06.2024 First results: AUSTRIA: The far-right Freedom Party, FPÖ, is ascending. After voting closed on Sunday May 9, a forecast poll based on surveys carried out over the past week shows them comfortably leading with 27%. That’s ahead of the conservative People’s Party, ÖVP, with 23.5%, and the Social Democrats, SPÖ, with 23%. If…
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Austria to ban full-face veil
Austria’s ruling coalition has banned Muslim full-face veils in public places. The measure is part of a larger deal struck by the center-left Democratic party (SPÖ) and the center-right Austrian People’s party (ÖVP) to avert the disintegration of the ruling coalition, according to Austrian press. Similar bans to the one proposed in Austria have been already endorsed…
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