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Austrian Election Results Offers Renewed Momentum To Europe’s Right Wing Populists

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Austrian Election Results Offers Renewed Momentum To Europe’s Right Wing Populists
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Europe looks set to have its youngest leader with Austria's 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz scoring a clear victory in Sunday's election. With most results in, the conservative foreign minister appears to have won over 31% of the vote – still well short of a majority, meaning complex coalition talks lie ahead. As Henry Ridgwell explains, Kurz’s victory was built largely on an anti-immigrant platform.

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