DIE PRESSE: Bundespräsident Fischer wird mit knapp 79 Prozent wiedergewählt. Rosenkranz dürfte mit rund 16 Prozent ihr Wahlziel verfehlen, Gehring liegt abgeschlagen. Mehr als die Hälfte der Wahlbeteiligten bleibt den Urnen fern. >>> Ag./kron | Sonntag, 25. April 2010
THE GUARDIAN: Austrian president wins landslide second term: Projections put Social Democrat Heinz Fischer on 78% of vote with far-right Freedom party candidate trailing on 15% >>> Associated Press | Sunday, April 25, 2010
TIMES ONLINE: Austria bucked the European trend towards far-right parties when Barbara Rosenkranz captured barely 15 per cent of the vote in presidential elections.
The incumbent President, Heinz Fischer, a Social Democrat, was returned to office, with exit polls indicating that he had won 78 per cent of the vote.
Ms Rosenkranz’s colleague Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the far-right Freedom Party, blamed the poor showing on an “unprecedented media witch-hunt against a very good candidate and her family”.
He had initially said she would win 35 per cent of the vote and spearhead the far Right recovery, helping the Freedom Party to win the powerful position of Mayor of Vienna in October. >>> Roger Boyes | Monday, April 26, 2010
