That the conservative mayor would win yet again, and serve a fifth term, had been treated as a foregone conclusion in Graz, Austria's second-largest city, a place where it's not uncommon to encounter local residents proudly dressed in traditional lederhosen and dirndls.
Yes, this Communist politician wants to redistribute wealth, but a focus on housing, her own modest lifestyle and a hard childhood have helped her popularity.
Avstrijska komunistična stranka (KPÖ) je bila na vrhuncu moči v letih po drugi svetovni vojni. Po letu 1970 je izgubila politični vpliv in pristala na obrobju,…