The young conservative leader Sebastian Kurz, 33, won the Austrian parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to projections, signing his probable return to the Chancellery, in a political landscape shaken by the debacle of the extreme right and the plebiscite of the Greens.
Four months after being overthrown by the resounding scandal of the Ibizagate, Sebastian Kurz has managed his bet: his conservative party gets 37.2% of the vote, even improving its 2017 score by almost six points, according to TV projections public ORF.
The sanctioned FPÖ
Its first government, formed in 2017 with the far-right party FPÖ, had not resisted compromising revelations for the head of the FPÖ and number two in the government. He imploded in May, after 18 months of mandate, leading to the holding of these early elections.
The Austrians sanctioned the FPÖ for this scandal that tarnished the image of their country: the nationalist party would lose about ten points compared to the 2017 poll, to about 16%. It comes behind the Social Democrats who take second place with about 22% of the vote.
A campaign dominated by climate issues
In a campaign in which climate issues have replaced the migratory issue that dominated the legislative elections of 2017, the Greens registered a meteoric rise: out of parliament with less than 4% of the vote two years ago, they make a triumphant return with 13 and 14% of the vote according to projections.
The liberal party NEOS is the fifth formation to integrate the new parliament, about 7% of the vote.