Green President Alexander Van der Bellen re-elected

Alexander Van der Bellen, the outgoing Austrian president, was re-elected in the first round of the presidential election on Sunday 9 October. The ecologist would have gathered more than 54% of the vote, far ahead of the six other candidates, according to the first published projections. It will be necessary to wait until Monday, October 10 for the final and official results to be known.

It is therefore on stability that the Austrians have chosen to bet, at a time when inflation is in full swing, when Europe is facing the energy crisis and when war is raging in Ukraine. Federator and unifier, the 78-year-old environmentalist saw the main traditional parties not presenting a candidate against him to block the far right. A winning bet since the outgoing president Alexander Van der Bellen emerged victorious from the election even before the second round, which will therefore not take place.