Austria's Schuessel congratulates victorious rival

VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel said on Sunday the country's main opposition Social Democrats "presumably" won the election and congratulated their leader Alfred Gusenbauer in an interview on state TV ORF.

"We have to go step by step. The first step is the question who won the election - and that is presumably Dr Gusenbauer," Schuessel said in the live interview. "I congratulate him wholeheartedly," he added.

- REUTERS