Austria's Sebastian Kurz Wins Election
The party of former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz won Austria's snap election Sunday, paving the way for his return as the country's leader, Politico reports.
As widely expected, Kurz's center-right Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) came in first with 37 percent, according to exit polls as of 6 p.m. It's a clear victory for the 33-year-old ex-chancellor, with the Social Democrats coming a distant second at 21.8 percent.
Kurz's former partners in government, the far-right Freedom Party, suffered heavy losses in the election following a scandal earlier this year, falling to 16 percent — down 10 percentage points from the last election in 2017.
The second winners of Sunday's vote were the Austrian Greens. Boosted by growing concerns about climate change, they returned to parliament with 14 percent of the vote after falling below the threshold needed to win seats in 2017, meaning a two-party coalition with the People's Party would be possible. The liberal NEOS party, meanwhile, came in fifth with 7.8 percent.
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