The conservative Austrian People’s party (OVP) has declared victory in Austria’s national elections, making its 31-year-old leader Sebastian Kurz the world’s youngest head of government at the end of October.
Projections last night put the OVP ahead with 31.7% of the vote. “The incumbent chancellor Christian Kern’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPO) were relegated to second place with 27% of the vote, while the far-right FPÖ took 25.9%, failing to match its best-ever result,” The Guardian says.
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