The FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, won 29 percent of the vote, nearly doubling its share from the last election.Roland Schlager/AFP via Getty Images

Orbán, Le Pen and Wilders are buzzing over Austria’s far right winning election – POLITICO

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From Marine Le Pen to Matteo Salvini to Geert Wilders, Europe’s right wingers are celebrating after the anti-immigration, Russia-friendly Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) won Austria’s national election on Sunday. 

The FPÖ, led by Herbert Kickl, won 29 percent of the vote, nearly doubling its share from the last election, according to preliminary results, and putting it about three points ahead of the center-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP).

Congratulations poured in from conservatives corners of Europe.