Polls in Austria show erosion of far-right Freedom Party's lead


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  • Monday, 20 Mar 2017

Protesters march as they demonstrate against Austrian Freedom Party's (FPOe) Akademikerball ball in Vienna, Austria,February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

VIENNA (Reuters) - The far-right Freedom Party's lead in opinion polls over the Social Democrats in Austria has shrunk to within the margin of error after more than a year of dominance marked by Europe's migration crisis, several recent surveys have shown.

The latest survey, by pollster Market for newspaper Der Standard published on Monday, had similar findings to other recent polls, showing the Freedom Party (FPO) on 30 percent, the Social Democrats (SPO) on 29 percent, and the SPO's coalition partner, the conservative People's Party (OVP), on 20 percent.

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