The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has won the European elections in the country, preliminary results showed on Sunday. The right-wing populists have received 25.5% of the vote, putting them ahead of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) on 24.7% and Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) on 23.3%. This is the first time that the FPÖ has come first in a nationwide election in Austria. During the election campaign, the party often emphasized its eurosceptic stance under the slogan “Stop the EU madness” and portrayed the EU as a warmongering force in the Ukraine conflict. FP…