A new parliament will be elected in the small western Austrian state of Vorarlberg on Sunday, with observers predicting significant gains for the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). The regional vote comes two weeks after the party came out on top in national parliamentary elections, a breakthrough that was fuelled by promises to restrict immigration under its “Fortress Austria” motto. But even if it does well, a first-place finish for the FPÖ is considered unlikely in Vorarlberg, where about 272,000 people are eligible to vote. In the last state parliament election in 2019, the conservative Austri…