Tag: Sebastian Kurz

Austria’s Kurz to return as world’s youngest chancellor

by Julia ZAPPEI VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria’s conservative Sebastian Kurz will return to office Tuesday as the world’s youngest democratically elected leader heading an unlikely coalition with the Greens after his previous far-right alliance collapsed. Vowing to “protect the climate and the borders”, the 33-year-old will become chancellor of a government — termed as “exotic” and “unlikely” by Austrian media — that marks the first time the Greens rule in the small Alpine country. Kurz’s People’s […]

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Austrian chancellor loses no-confidence showdown

by Jastinder KHERA and Julia ZAPPEI VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday became the first chancellor in the country’s post-war history to be removed from office by a no-confidence vote over a corruption scandal that had already brought down his coalition with the far-right. The motion against Kurz and his cabinet is the latest fallout from the so-called “Ibiza-gate” scandal, which saw far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) leader and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache […]

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Austria far-right eyes power in ‘whiz-kid’ government

by Nina Lamparski and Simon Sturdee Agence France Presse Austria’s far-right looked set Monday for a possible return to power in a coalition with conservative “whiz-kid” Sebastian Kurz, the world’s youngest leader-in-waiting, in a fresh triumph for European populists. Such a rightward shift in the wealthy European Union member state would pose a fresh headache for Brussels as it struggles with Brexit and the rise of nationalists in Germany, Hungary, Poland and elsewhere. The People’s […]

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