VIENNA: Political parties on the European right celebrated Sunday's (Sep 29) parliamentary election victory by Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) as a boost for national conservatives amid advances by the hard right fuelled by worries about immigration. Led by Herbert Kickl, who capitalised on a misfiring economy and concerns that Austria has taken in people faster than it can integrate them, the FPO won around 29 per cent of the vote, a record result that may give it a platform to lead the next

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