Austrian Elections & Politics 2.0 (Presidential runoff re-vote: 4 Dec. 2016)

[Rocky Rockefeller]

You can fix the sloppiness issue in the future without forcing the entire country to repeat a Presidential campaign whose outcome would almost certainly not have changed even without the sloppiness. Elections should only be annulled only when there is a reasonable suspicion that the winner would have been different.

I agree, the CC should have mandated changes for future elections rather than mandating this farce

[Rocky Rockefeller]

Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) gave an interview yesterday to the "Österreich" tabloid, in which he favours an Auxit, but only if 2 criteria are met: If Turkey is allowed to join the EU, or if the EU "evolves further away from the citizens, with more power to Brussels".

He also defended Chancellor Kern (SPÖ) and his criticism against Erdogan and demanded a naturalisation stop for people with Turkish citizenship, because Turkey does not submit data on Turks who get Austrian citizenship and later request Turkish citizenship again when these people are on holiday in Turkey. Austria does not allow dual citizenship.

He also called for a facial veil ban in Austria and when asked who he prefers in the US Presidential election, he said "neither". He'd like to host John Kerry as first official guest from the US if he becomes President, calling him "a great, charismatic guy who has achieved a lot".

Plus:

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http://www.thelocal.at/20160814/hofer-proposes-burka-ban-and-turkish-passport-blocks-muslim

Do you agree with the facial veil ban?

Seems like a necessity, because if someone is not willing to integrate into the culture they are coming to, they shouldn't be allowed to enter in the first place..

But does integration really mean you can't follow your own religious practices?