Austria chooses former Green Party (4th largest party in Austria) candidate Van der Bellen over the FPO (3rd largest party in Austria) candidate Hofer. Extremely unusual was that neither of the 2 top parties was able to win the largely ceremonial position. Like everywhere else in the West, it is a very divided country, breaking once again along the Urban / Rural divide - in other words, Vienna against the rest of the nation.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...uffers-setback-as-austria-chooses-pro-eu-path
Meanwhile today in Italy:
Italian prime minister resigns in populist revolt
Europe’s embattled political establishment lost another round Sunday in its effort to thwart the anti-elite movement, as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned following a voter rejection of his constitutional reforms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...1749443c5e5_story.html?utm_term=.f41a0f232a9d
European elections coming up in 2017 include The Netherlands (March), France (1st round April, 2nd round May), Germany (August-October) and the Czech Republic (October).
A complicating factor few seem to be looking at is across the Med in Algeria (population 40 million): President Boutiflika is in very ill health and if he dies, the country could go into civil war with another massive spillage of refugees into Europe.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/12/how-algeria-could-destroy-the-eu/