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Austria's FPÖ Party on the rise

May 14, 2016

Austria's FPÖ has made big gains by criticizing refugee policy -- but one mayor is standing up to the FPÖ.

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Österreich Wahl 2016 Norbert Hofer
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Plea for tolerance in Austria

Austria's right-wing FPÖ party is making solid gains -- mostly by attacking the government's policy on refugees. But the mayor of a town that's taken in several dozen refugees is fighting the right-wingers -- with a plea for tolerance.