Austrian Elections 2013: Majority of Government Wobbles

Politics › Domestic ♦ Published: September 28, 2013; 13:49 ♦ (Vindobona)

Tomorrow, Austria will hold elections. The coalition between the social democrats (SPÖ) and the conservatives (ÖVP) has to fear that the majority may be lost.

Austrian Elections 2013: Majority of Government Wobbles / Picture: © Vindobona.org

At the moment, everything seems to be open. In the last weeks, the opinion polls did not bring a clear trend. However, according to most opinion polls, the governing parties SPÖ and ÖVP will have to record moderate losses. The main opposition parties FPÖ and the Green Party are expected to win a substantial share of the votes.

Nevertheless, it is not clear whether the…

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