Austria elections offer latest sign far right`s rise is faltering in Europe
(The Guardian Austria)

Freedom party´s vote collapses to 16%, after others stall in Italy, Spain, France and moreThe slump in support for the nationalist Freedom party (FPÖ) in Austria´s elections on Sunday is the latest indication that if the tide has not turned against Europe´s far-right populists, it does seem - for the time being, at least - to have stopped rising.Sebastian Kurz´s conservative People´s party (ÖVP) won 37.1% of the vote, its best score since 2002, while the FPÖ, until May his junior coalition partner in government, saw its share collapse to 16.1%, down a full 10 percentage points. Related: Austrian elections: support for far-right collapses Continue reading...