Austria’s ousted chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, has insisted that his political career is far from over in spite of having to vacate his office at least until fresh elections in September following a no-confidence vote. Austria’s president, Alexander Van der Bellen, on Tuesday appointed a provisional government headed by the former finance minister Hartwig Löger, also of the ÖVP. Appointing a new government was “not a matter to carried out lightly or in haste”, Van der Bellen said on Tuesday. Yet Kurz, who became Austria’s foreign minister aged only 27, could still benefit from the current turmoil in government. In Sunday’s European elections, his party emerged strongest with 34.5% of the vote, up 7.5 percentage points on the previous elections.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2019 12:18 UTC