b_179_129_16777215_00_images_AUS161616aa001.jpegAfter months of political jousting, vote recounting and mishaps with ballot envelopes, Austrians will take to the polls on December 4 for the third time this year to choose their next president. And when they do – choosing between the independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen and his opponent Norbert Hofer of the populist, xenophobic, right-wing Freedom Party – the results will not only echo within Austria but could set the tone of Europe's political future.

Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern believes the European Union is at its breaking point. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in Vienna, he worried that that the union was failing to resonate with its constituents.

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