Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law

Tag: Green Party

  • The Austrian Presidential Crisis of 2016

    —Konrad Lachmayer, Vienna The Austrian presidential election, now finally over as of December 4, produced a remarkable result. For the first time a candidate from the Green Party became head of state in Europe. The real story of the Austrian presidential campaign, however, is something else: the president-elect had already won the run-off vote in May 2016.