Austria's head of the OeVP party Sebastian Kurz talks with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen during a meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Oct. 17, 2017, following general elections.

Shifting stance Kurz's tactics have led to accusations that he has copied the policies of the populist, far-right Freedom Party -- a year after it almost caused a political earthquake in Austria.

Earlier in his career, Kurz was Austria's far more liberal minister of integration, a champion of "willkommenskultur" or "welcome culture" for immigrants. But as the country's foreign minister in ...

"He's a 'Haider light' version," said Paris-based Austria expert Patrick Moreau. Kurz's ideas on everything from immigration to economic policy represent a "complete rupture" with the EU. - Giveaway?

UPDATE 3-Future of Austria's Kurz in doubt as graft probe damages coalition (Reporting by Francois Murphy, Editing by William Maclean and Philippa Fletcher) ( ([email protected])) ...

VIENNA — When Sebastian Kurz became Austria’s youngest-ever chancellor two years ago, he made a pact to govern with the far right. He would in effect housebreak them, he suggested, checking ...

Austria will likely see a coalition between the People’s and Freedom parties to form the next government. Kurz's party and the Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, focused their ...

Young Austrians see themselves in their 32-year-old chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, a conservative populist with big ambitions. In championing him, they also flirt with the country's dangerous past.

Kurz’s government was plunged into crisis over the weekend when a video emerged of his Vice Chancellor – Heinz-Christian Strache of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) – appearing ...

Kurz now loses the advantage of campaigning as an incumbent chancellor but remains popular and his center-right party finished first Sunday in Austria in the European Parliament election with 34.9 ...

BERLIN — Austria’s main center-right party and the environmentalist Greens agreed on a coalition deal Wednesday night that will return ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to power. Both Kurz and ...

Kurz’s tactics have led to accusations that he has copied the policies of the populist, far-right Freedom Party – a year after it almost caused a political earthquake in Austria.