Legislative elections were held in Austria on 15 October 2017 to elect the 26th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called when the coalition government between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was dissolved in May by the latter party's new leader Sebastian Kurz.
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The Greens – The Green Alternative is a green political party in Austria.
Alexander Van der Bellen, federal spokesperson of the Green Party between 1997 and 2008. He was elected President of Austria in 2016.