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Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by 24hoursreporter: 9:37pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
Austria’s anti-Turkey conservative People’s Party (OVP) leader Sebastian Kurz won 31.6 per cent of the ballots in the parliamentary vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPOe) with 26.9 per cent, according to the election night’s final projection. His party is well short of a majority and could seek an alliance with the far right. Sebastian Kurz The President elect of Austria By winning the election, Kurz became Europe’s youngest leader at the age of 31. The liberal Neos party and the leftist Liste Pilz group are also set to be represented in parliament, with 5.1 per cent and 4.3 per cent. The Greens plummeted to 3.9 per cent and will likely have to lose their legislative seats. The projection is based on 100 per cent of the regular ballots and includes a forecast of absentee ballots that will be counted by Thursday. The final result may end up 0.7 percentage points higher or lower. Three parties, and two messages, were vying for first place in the general election: the center-left Social Democrats (SPO) were campaigning on reducing social inequality, while the People’s Party (OVP) and far-right Freedom Party (FPO) have focused on concerns about immigration and anti-Islam rhetoric. The latter two parties have called for securing Austria’s borders and quickly deporting asylum-seekers whose requests are denied — ideas that appear to have been heard. The People’s Party went into the election with the most support, according to polls, with the Freedom Party second and the Social Democrats third. Much of the People’s Party’s appeal is due to its leader, known for his anti-Turkey and anti-Islam attitude, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. Since taking the helm in the spring amid growing strains between the governing Social Democratic-People’s Party coalition, he has moved his center-right party further to the right, particularly on the issues of migration and Muslims. But he avoids the inflammatory rhetoric of the far-right Freedom Party and its head, Heinz-Christian Strache. That makes Kurz’s party appealing to voters sensitive about immigration in the wake of the 2015 mass influx of mostly Muslim migrants into the EU but who oppose the Freedom Party. Strache has modified the tone of his message and the party is keen on shedding its past links to anti-Semitism. But it continues to attract a neo-Nazis. Check 24hoursreporter for full story. |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by makdcash(m): 9:38pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
We need youths as nigerian leaders not all this confused old men |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by 24hoursreporter: 9:42pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
You see brother, if a 31 years old youth can be the leader of Austria, what is stoping Nigeria? |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by Nobody: 9:43pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
Any party to curb the excesses of Islam is welcomed by me |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by ExcessKJ(m): 9:45pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
All will be well |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by Boomboost(m): 9:52pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
I'm predicting the next President if Bu-garri loses, should be in the 50+ age group. Who agrees? |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by vatiqan(m): 9:58pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
In Nigeria, the very opposite, is the case. An old sepulchre, that is in the departure lounge, is the president! |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by opeyehmmy(m): 9:59pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
Wait! Make i greet Elders first... OMG!!! THIRTY-ONE |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by 24hoursreporter: 10:36pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
We the youth can make a young man be our leader, if we wish |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by Nbote(m): 11:44pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
And most of our 31yr olds are here on Nairaland and other social media platform drumming support for an 80-something yr old who's as confused as Wenger... |
Re: Austria Election – Sebastian Kurz Became Europe’s Youngest Leader @ 31 by 24hoursreporter: 7:21am On Oct 16, 2017 |
LOL, you are speaking the truth brother. It is time for us to think positively and creatively, let us think of how to make a youth - below 40 our next president. |
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