The centre of political gravity in Austria shifted to the right after the conservative Austrian People’s party (ÖVP) came out top in national elections, making its 31-year-old leader, Sebastian Kurz, the youngest head of a government in the EU. For the first time in Austria’s history, the two rightwing parties both managed to increase their seats tally without taking votes off each other. Sebastian Kurz: could 31-year-old’s audacious bid to lead Austria pay off? On Sunday, he stated that he expected Kurz to quickly come to a coalition agreement with the FPÖ. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sebastian Kurz arrives for a TV interview in Vienna, Austria, on 15 October 2017.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2017 15:50 UTC