Austria presidential election 'has relevance for all of Europe'

Left-leaning candidate Alexander Van der Bellen has said that the presidential election he hopes to win has meaning well beyond Austria.

Mr Van der Bellen, a former leading member of the Greens Party, is running against right-wing populist Norbert Hofer and the results are seen as a barometer of how well other Eurosceptic candidates like Mr Hofer will do elsewhere in the EU in national elections next year.