With the rerun of the presidential election on Sunday (4 December), Austria faces a historically defining moment.
Voters are heading to the polls to elect a head of state for the third time this year, after the run-off in May was annulled because of vote-counting irregularities and a repeat scheduled for October was postponed because of faulty postal ballots.
They must make a choice between two starkly contrasting contenders who could take democratic Austria in opposite directions...
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