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Kurz to take Austria further towards right-wing policies

Austria's shift to the right in a parliamentary election has paved the way for young conservative star Sebastian Kurz to become the next leader and opened a path for the resurgent far right to return to power.

Staff Reporter

Reuters

Top candidate of the People's Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz attends his party's victory celebration meeting in Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2017. Reuters

In Austria, postal votes are still being counted but early results show 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz has led his conservative People's Party to victory.

He's set to become the world's youngest leader and will open talks to form a coalition government with either the far-right Freedom Party or the Social Democrats.

TRT World's Iolo ap Dafydd reports from Vienna.