The right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) looks set to win the European elections in the country with 27% of the vote, ahead of the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), according to an initial forecast. The Freedom Party has gained around 10 percentage points compared to the 2019 EU election, according to a forecast published as the polling stations closed. During the election campaign, the party often emphasized its scepticism towards the EU under the slogan “Stop the EU madness” and portrayed the EU as a warmongering force in the Ukraine con…