The unraveling of an alliance between conservatives and nationalists in Austria’s government is now threatening to end the 18-month tenure of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, as opposition parties demanded a vote of no confidence in his leadership. Mr. Kurz, one of the world’s youngest government leaders at 32, dissolved his ruling alliance between his center-right Austrian People’s Party and the nativist Freedom Party on Saturday after the publication of hidden-camera footage showing the latter’s chairman floating possibly illegal...
Source: Wall Street Journal May 21, 2019 23:03 UTC