Anti-immigrant Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer was crushed by rival Alexander Van der Bellen Comments News Jack Blanchard 16:13, 04 Dec 2016Updated 23:45, 04 Dec 2016 ...

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party elected former minister and presidential candidate Norbert Hofer as its leader on Saturday as it seeks to return to power in a Sept. 29 national ...

On Monday afternoon, far-right politician Norbert Hofer was only a whisker away from becoming president of Austria. Hofer lost during a run-off with Independent, former Green party spokesperson ...

He’s the smiling, anti-refugee presidential candidate who was hoping to sweep into power in Sunday’s Austrian election. But Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer has instead conceded defeat ...

Austrian far-right candidate Norbert Hofer (L) and his rival Alexander Van der Bellen attend a post-selection TV talk with in Vienna on Dec. 4, 2016.

Victory in the Austrian elections on Sunday, December 4 would make Norbert Hofer Europe's first elected far right leader since the end of the Second World War.

Norbert Hofer is a 45-year-old aeronautical engineer turned politician for Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FP0). He is poised to be elected President of Austria today.

Hollande is not running for re-election. Le Pen tweeted her congratulations to the loser of Austria's vote, Norbert Hofer of the euroskeptic Freedom Party, saying they "fought with courage.