http://media.hotair.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/AustriaVote.jpg It appears that Austrians, like many Europeans, are fed up with the things their politicians have brought upon them. The anti-immigration blocs are rising up and it's going to cause a lot of changes. Thats not just a victory for Hofer thats what some of our more blunt friend here at home would call a proper, old fashioned butt whooping. Further, while this is only the preliminary phase of the election process for Austria, the coalition currently in control didnt even garner enough support to make it into the runoff election one month from now. Whatever the electorate looks like when all the dust settles, its not going to be a win for those supporting the current, immigrant friendly parties. Story w/links @ http://hotair.com/archives/2016/04/...position-sweeps-early-presidential-balloting/ Who is Norbert Hofer, and why does he matter? @ http://www.thelocal.at/20160425/who-is-norbert-hofer-and-why-does-he-matter They call him a far right winger simply because he doesn't want to see his nation overrun by Muslims.
The reason is probably that Austria has a somewhat lower standard of living than many other countries in Western Europe, so the employment issues they are experiencing are more acute. It's amazing how quickly people's attitudes change when they are feeling their livelihoods threatened, they don't have much sympathy to put up with any crap. What was happening before was that a lot of Austrians were working in other parts of Europe for the higher pay. This led to a vacuum and many other immigrants from even poorer parts of the world (Romania, the Ukraine, even Mongolia) were moving to Austria to fill the menial job positions. But now the economic climate in Europe has changed and it became harder for people to find work in Western Europe, so the Austrians who were working abroad had to head back home. This led to some obvious issues and tension, as you can imagine. This is basically chain migration, and the movement of people from one country can have reverberating effects across several countries.
