Austrian chancellor booed at party rally after election drubbing


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  • Sunday, 01 May 2016

Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann listens during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann faced a barrage of boos and whistles at his Social Democratic Party's May Day rally on Sunday as his opponents demanded that he resign after the party was thrashed in last week's presidential election.

Faymann defended the course his coalition government has taken despite the drubbing both ruling parties suffered last Sunday, when the far right achieved a record result.

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