on my ass waiter thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservatives sebastian kurtz claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old will become europe's youngest government leader he campaigned heavily on promises to clamp down on immigration kurtz. doesn't have a governing majority so probably have to form a coalition government he says he's keeping his options open but one likely partner is the far right freedom party which also made strong gains. all the votes have now been counted except for postal ballots will have the final projected result though the official results won't be available for several days the conservative people's party led by sebastian kurtz are at thirty one point six percent it's been a tight race though for second place the far right freedom party have twenty six percent that puts them behind the social democrats led by austria current chancellor christan can who at twenty six point nine percent and looking at some of these smaller parties keep in mind a party needs at least four percent of the vote to secure seats in the parliame

the day with almost all of the photos counted in austria snuff parliamentary election leader sebastian kurtz third victory for his people's party it makes him the e.u.'s youngest leader just thirty one years of age well for the latest all this let's cross live to paula sleep in vienna the capital hi paula yes so there we have it sebastian kurtz already celebrating what did he have to say. well as you mentioned he's already declared victory he has and he's also say to quote we have a goal and made the impossible possible now his possy the people's party stands with fifty one point six percent of the vote so that is a. first position the second position currently is with the social democrats at twenty six point eight percent and less than a percentage point behind is the right wing skeptic freedom party with some twenty six percent and we are expecting me final results in the next twenty minutes to half an hour but it certainly seems as if these exit polls really are a reality of what we can expect those final results to say the president of the european parliament has a weighty. and well cong

in in both german and austrian elections with new developments every hour political whiz kid sebastian kurtz declares victory in austria just months after being appointed the leader of the conservative people's party he has promised tough new immigration policies we'll go live to vienna. and germany's s.p.d. takes the lead in a vote in lower saxony an unexpected turn after a dismal showing in national elections will bring you the latest numbers and what they mean for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. and devastation rax the somali capital mogadishu for more than two hundred people were killed in a massive a bomb blast. in my ass waiter thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservative sebastian curt's claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old will become europe's youngest government leader he campaigned heavily on promises to clamp. down on immigration courts doesn't have a governing majority so he'll probably have to form a coalition government one likely partner is the far right freedom party which also made

suggests the next chancellor of the nation will be sebastian kurtz making him the e.u. youngest leader just thirty one years of age where for the latest on the polls in vienna we got. all this poll as we've just been saying we're not too far away from the final results coming in what's the picture there. well this certainly does seem to have been a victory for both conservative and right wing populist parties as you say exit polls are almost final as predicted we have in first place. who is the current foreign minister his party the people's party with thirty one point seven percent now he has said to quote i am overwhelmed we have made the impossible possible the second position is currently where the battleground is happening and it's between the social democrats who are currently standing with twenty seven percent and then just one percent behind them twenty five point nine percent and you have the right wing freedom party now the leader of the social democrats the current chancellor has stated again i'm quoting that we need the next five years to straighten confiden

london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up exit polls show austria moving to the right at sebastian kurtz on course to be the world's youngest. civilians and syrian i still find rocca under a negotiated deal as u.s. bank syrian forces begin a final assault to take back the city also. i've been in hong kong where a gathering of pack of people from around the world is breathing new life into the city's indigenous culture. the top story this hour the number of people killed by powerful truck and car bombs in the somali capital has jumped to more than two hundred hundreds more were injured in the blasts on saturday which hit the center of mogadishu as well as a residential district somalia has declared three days of national mourning caroline malone has the latest. when people in somalia's capital mogadishu a trying to come to terms with one of the worst car bomb attacks ever a truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at an intersection lined with government offices restaurants and shops hours later a second blast struck another business district in the city most of the buildings in those areas ha

freedom party where the country's foreign minister and leader of the centrist people's party sebastian kurtz is widely expected to win the race the possibility nonetheless of a coalition with the far right has divided the country. yes the freedom party is a through and through fascist party and should not be in parliament and of course not part of the government it is important that we are raising our voice against a shift to the right i would wish we can leave peacefully together here in austria even with the migrants and of course the political parties need to work more closely together so that it's not a question of. the reason is that the multinational companies. so let's look at those figures while no party has a majority of poles or just the center right people's party does have the lead and if sebastian kurtz becomes austria's next to he says he wants to end the traditional power sharing with the social democrats instead seeking a coalition with any other party including the far right which he shares a strong anti immigration platform with the latest results in austria not only. to th

in austria snuff parliamentary election sebastian kurtz declared victory for his people's party he will become the use youngest leader just thirty one years of age for the latest on the vote with the cross live to paula who is in vienna sebastian kurtz has got plenty to celebrate tonight it's been a big day for him. he said he does have a lot to celebrate and as you mentioned we now are hearing the final results with some. people's party coming in a full first position the second position has been taken by the freedom party a right wing party as was widely predicted before these elections and in the third position going to the social democrats now congratulations have started coming from across the european union for sebastian coats he has thanked his supporters he has also said that he has pursued a goal and made the impossible possible as far as strong. the leader of the freedom party he has said that this is a great success for his party and then we've also heard from the chancellor who says that the tosk of his party for the next five years for the social democrats is not to strengt

and austrian conservative sebastian kurtz is on track to become the country's next leader if he does he would be the youngest leader in europe his people's party said look set to come fast in the country's election after campaigning on an anti immigrant and right wing platform. you're watching the news coming to you live from but i do remember there's lots more on our website that's w dot com and you can also follow us on twitter and on facebook coming up next as helena humphrey from the business says but the latest day's business headlines do stay with us if you can great to have their company. w.'s program guide. the highlights of the whole. highlights.

well for more let's go to vienna or did obvious class pumpers is standing by class for sebastian kurtz and his conservative people's party the run what the runaway favorite for this election what could the rest of the world expect from a chancellor kurtz. first of all he would be the youngest head of government was in the uk twenty seven even younger kids and provinces around with michael second he built up a movement like mccall didn't out of his old conservative works better in austria and he was very successful giving people the impression given to be a fresh candidate only being thirty one years old for example years already done two terms in government since twenty eleven anyway he will be less. enterprises in austria business taxes and he will be promoting the promoting less refugees coming into the country the country to get big burden of refugees in the last two years as a one historian by reminding that cause was also one of those guys in the beginning of twenty fifteen who was following the vatican culture of for refugees now how likely is it that the far right wing freedom p

professor of political science at the university of vienna we asked him how a young man like sebastian kurtz came so far in austria and politics so quickly. well some people have charisma others don't have the charisma and this is one of the missions you will probably never answer satisfactory but obviously the course has this charisma factor and he has it peeled to a large relatively large constituency. he has remained on message during his entire campaign and he has managed to. hit what used to be the main issue of discussion at least in the population in in the last two years or so. germany's conservative c.b. your party is in a reflective mode following a defeat of state elections in lower saxony the loss could make it more difficult for c.d.u. leader and german chancellor angela merkel as she enters talks on forming the next federal coalition government. on the morning after an election it's a political ritual to present a bookie or flowers even if there's nothing to celebrate the c.d.u. suffered a defeat in lower saxony this past sunday the defeat party chief anglo-american carefully t

sunday's elections will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped front runner sebastian kurtz snap up support. my ass waiter thank you for joining us u.s. president has said he will not recertify the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal the multilateral agreement calls for iran to shelve its disputed nuclear program and in exchange the international community would ease sanctions trump has accused iran of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short of canceling the deal instead he's called on u.s. lawmakers and international partners to fix its flaws the agreements to pilates that the u.s. president must certify to congress that iran is complying with the agreement every ninety days trump has done this twice before but has now refused to sign ahead of sunday's deadline now congress must decide whether to reimpose sanctions and scrap the deal here is more of what trump had to say. importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal so today in recognition of the increasing menace posed by iran to destructive actions i am announcing today that we cannot and

austrians take a collective swerve to the right in the national elections political whiz kid sebastian kurtz declares victory just months after taking the reins of the conservative people's party he's promised tough new immigration policies will speak truck correspondent in vienna also coming up. germany's as committee takes the lead in a vote in lower saxony after an unexpected turn after a dismal showing in national elections we'll bring you the latest numbers and what they mean for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. and devastation in the somali capital of mogadishu where more than two hundred seventy people were killed in a massive bomb blast. i'm maya shweder thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservative sebastian kurtz claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old took the reins of the people's party just a few months ago he's campaigned heavily. promises to clamp down on immigration courts doesn't have a governing majority so they'll probably have to form a coalition government one likely partner is the f

policy of the next government but it is a severe swing to the right it is and as you say david sebastian kurtz is managed to do it by impact drawing on policy from the far right age and gender and adapting it to his own manifesto but a lot of the themes that we see in this election the scene play out in a sort of general shift to the right across the region what is it specifically about sebastian kurtz that captured people's imagination and support. american take a look at him he looks to the remind you a bit of trudeau in canada. he's young he's very young we've not seen a leader this young in such an important post also when he decided to break with the coalition back in in may he decided to reshape the whole movement if you created sort of you know like a presidential candidate he would hold the party around himself does that sound familiar yes it does it sounds like emanuel macro maybe he learned some lessons by watching the elections in france and he's shown that in the terms of the social democrats his former coalition partners that he's got an aggressive and ruthless streak and he's cle

looks set to work on a new leader thirty one year old sebastian kurtz official results aren't expected until the end of this week but because it's said to be seeking a coalition with these countries right anti immigration party sending shock waves around the european union from the. a new start and a new image for austria the world's youngest leader in waiting is reported to be in intensive find the scenes negotiations with the hard right freedom party to whom a coalition government political analysts say sebastian kurtz cleverly exploited his country's fears about another immigration crisis. migration is now the topic that all the politicians have and all political parties have to address in order to be successful in election complaints. instead of the defaced posters you usually see in the aftermath of many elections curses were plastered with stickers saying thank you. and they will. i realize the shift to the right is happening in europe in general and that is i think the development which means that people are more insecure the values on the right anymore. hinds christian strucker

austria set to get a new chancellor after a snap election thirty one year old sebastian kurtz's conservative people's party took first place positioning him to become europe's youngest government leader it's seen as likely that courts could form a governing coalition with the far right freedom party which made strong gains in the election. iraqi troops have begun an operation to take control of kurdish held territories in the province of kirkuk kurdish media reported that clashes have broken out last month kurds voted for independence prompting a rise in tensions with iraq's central government. the death toll from bomb blasts in somalia's capital mogadishu on saturday has risen to over two hundred seventy hundreds more were injured somalia's government blamed the extremist group for the attack but no one has claimed responsibility yet. voters in the german state of lower saxony have dealt a blow to the party of chancellor angela merkel. the center left social democrats beat the chancellor's conservatives. the vote has been seen as a test of medicals popularity as she tries to put together a

in austria as legislative elections paving the way for him to be on the country's chancellor sebastian kurtz's set to become the e.u.'s youngest leader just thirty one years of age has the details. we now are hearing the final results with some code says people's party coming in a for first position the second position has been taken by the freedom party a right wing party as was widely predicted before these elections and in the third position going to the social democrats now congratulations have started coming from across the european union for sebastian kurtz he has thanked his supporters he has also said that he has pursued a goal and made the impossible possible as far as the leader of the freedom party he has said that this is a great success for his party and then we've also heard from chancellor ken who says that the tosk of his party for the next five years for the social democrats is not to strengthen confidence in social democracy of course now it tension turns towards who will form this new coalition government and in this respect sebastian coats has left the field open he's given

from that is or syria austria is set to have a new chancellor with sebastian kurtz the clearing victory for his center right people's party he will become the european union's youngest leader at just thirty one years of age all asli reports. we now are hearing the final results with sebastien code says people's party coming in a for the first position the second position has been taken by the freedom party a right wing party as was widely predicted before these elections and in the third position going to the social democrats now congratulations have started coming from across the european union for sebastian kurtz he has thanked his supporters he has also said that he has pursued a goal and made the impossible possible as far as the leader of the freedom party he has said that this is a great success for his party and then we also heard from chancellor who says that the tosk of his party for the next five years for the social democrats is not to strengthen confidence in social democracy of course now it tension turns towards who will form this new coalition government and in this respe

consider a leader sebastian kurtz has claimed victory in austria as a general election to become the world's youngest leader but the thirty one year old will need to form a coalition to govern his people's party won more than thirty one percent of the vote. preliminary results and kerrigan stands presidential election of a given victory to an ally of the sitting leader so i'm by coffins promising a peaceful and democratic transition he's a former prime minister kyrgyzstan's the first two leaders since the fall of the soviet union were removed from office after rights. headline from news continues and i'll just say but first it is story. syrian democratic forces launch a major operation against eisel self-proclaimed the capital u.s. backed rebels say it's the final push for a so what's next for iso for syria and for thousands of civilians trapped in the conflict this is inside story. a welcome to the show i'm sam is a than now and i soul took control of iraq in two thousand and fourteen the syrian city became the first to fall under the armed groups full control i saw fighters went on

and charms of a man who he considers a fresh voice one that hears and understands the people sebastian kurtz is the young leader of the austrian people's party and like french president amanda mccrone has inspired some of the unlikeliest of candidates like martin a practicing psychotherapist to run for a seat in the upcoming election. it was early in the morning and martin engle bag is a ready out canvassing so far he's getting a lukewarm response. to him are you now and then someone will stop for a quick chant and say something encouraging in passing like i'm voting for you anyway or looking good. but it's too early in the morning for in-depth political discussions with the film but they're right it is looking pretty good for angle bag he's with the sebastien courts list the conservative austrian people's party or o.b. p. is named on the ballot it's currently leading in the polls. the election campaign is entering its critical phase. there's a festive atmosphere at the v.a. national. when ten thousand have gathered to see sebastien costs martin angle bag has brought his kids along. with the

sebastian kurtz is 31 years old.country's general election, his party has just under 32% of the vote. mr kurz is expected to invite the far right freedom party to join a coalition government. a police pursuit in sydney went from a road to a river, after a woman drove her car off a jetty and into a waterway. 0fficers swam to the submerged car and managed to rescue the female driver, just moments before the vehicle sank. new south wales police says the driver was possibly drug affected. police in somalia say saturday's bombing in the capital mogadishu has now claimed the lives of at least 230 people and wounded hundreds. it was the deadliest attack on civilians since the islamist al—shabab group launched its insurgency ten years ago. from nairobi, here's our senior africa correspondent anne soy — her report contains some images you may find distressing. search and rescue efforts continue more than 2a hours after the blast. hopes of finding people alive are fading. those who recover the remains of their loved ones can b

polls show sebastian kurtz of the conservative people's party has the clear frontrunner the thirty one year old foreign minister has won over voters with promises to clamp down on immigration challenging can social democrats for second place is the far right freedom party led by heinz christiane's. the party is anti immigration anti islam and anti european union and could be kingmaker if a coalition is required to form a new government. and a villain talking about a nuclear weapons free world with martin him released from the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons i can't. mr humorist i can was founded in two thousand and seven now just a decade later the organizations been awarded the nobel peace prize when you heard the news did you think someone was pulling your leg shots. i never thought we could win the nobel peace prize. but luckily a few people within our organization prepared for the event and they reserved a location here in berlin for a news conference for just in case. i made fun of them very can make fun of me with the head of the announcement i stayed home i did

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was successful and so far it's working well for the people's party with its new young leaders sebastian kurtz at the helm presenting himself as a bold reformist and not shying away from bowing the policies of the controversial freedom party its stated to win sunday's parliamentary election some expose suggests curt's might even approach the freedom party to form a coalition government not least of all because of its fall out with its previous partner the social democrats i don't think that a big correlation the collision between conservatives and social democrats will come again because no one wants i think there will be a change people want change people will vote change the european political landscape is shifting with parties that were on the fringes wielding even more influence policy r.t. . elsewhere in the world students have clashed with police outside the greek education ministry in athens and i think. i. was i. should thank you thank you thank you god that's so bit of trouble there now they're protesting against a new law covering secondary education they believe there will be budget

was successful and so far it's working well for the people's party with its new young leader sebastian kurtz at the helm presenting himself as a bold reformist and not shying away from bowing the policies of the controversial freedom party it's slated to win sunday's parliamentary election some expose suggests curt's might even approach the freedom party to form a coalition government not least of all because of its fallout with its previous partner the social democrats i don't think that a big coalition the collision between conservatives and social democrats will come again because no one. i think there will be a change people want change people won't change the european political landscape is shifting with parties that were on the fringes will do even more influence policy r.t. . switching gears now one of the world's largest offense for young people is underway here in russia moscow is welcoming the nineteenth world festival of youth students and we'll bring you all the highlights from there over the next week . i've seen and you can bet that after it oh well i just meet mr right now i'm

i'm sam is a than now the results from austria as national election are in and it looks like sebastian kurtzis poised to become the world's youngest head of government declared victory after his conservative people's party won more than thirty one percent of the vote it wasn't enough for a simple majority to form a coalition government that is expected to be a union between his party and the second far right freedom party during the campaign kurds adopted a tough stance against refugees and immigration in his victory speech talked about his mandate. and. i have a big request for you used today to celebrate you all have through hard work and dedication at the same time i need to tell you that to more to work starts we did not just run to win the elections we did so to bring austria back to the top we ran in this election to achieve real change. as we mentioned earlier kurds will need to form that coalition but those talks could prove difficult for the wonder kid the head of the far right freedom party accuse kurt of co-opting his message during the campaign. months here. and now we'll see if

in its leader and current foreign minister sebastian kurtz says that if he does become chancellor he will end power sharing with the social democrats and then seek a coalition with any other party including perhaps the right wing with which he shares a strong anti immigration stance with the latest results in austria only adding to concern over the rise of populism at the heart of europe in france you might remember the storage immigration hardliners and nationalist marine le pen was a leading contender at one point in this year's presidential election last month last month and we had two in germany seeing a right wing party enter parliament the first time there in nearly sixty years and now austria might be about to follow suit. that gets on the board at the. critics but i've jumped aboard it's really up. to a break there is a history of frustration with the established political parties during the global recession and twenty nine europe in austria were in the heart until up of this war this stream of migrants in twenty fifteen all that enormously increased popular discontent. with

but the country's foreign minister and leader of the centrist people's party sebastian kurtz is the one there that's why they expected to win the race if he becomes the next chancellor of austria he says he wants to end power sharing with the social democrats this is where he gets into interesting in stead of seeking a coalition with any other party he says he may be want to get in with the right wing with which he shares a strong anti immigration platform so the stats are looking at the moment and of course this latest set of results in austria are only adding to concern over the rise of populism at the heart of europe take a look at what's happened so far this year in france the stores immigration hardliner and nationalist pen was a leading contender wasn't she in this year's presidential election then there was just last month germany seeing a hefty getting in the right wing party entering parliament there for the first time in nearly sixty years caused a lot of consternation among a lot of people now the question is what's going to happen in austria could that follow suit. but. ther

at the moment in the country's foreign minister and the leader of the centrist people's party sebastian kurtz is widely expected to win the race and if he becomes austria's next chancellor he says he wants to end power sharing with the social democrats and instead seeking a coalition with any other party including perhaps the right wing which are which he does share a strong anti immigration platform or the latest results in austria only adding to concern over the rise of populism at the heart of europe if you remember in france the storage immigration hardliner and national pen was a leading contender in this year's presidential election then it last month in germany we saw a right wing party enter parliament there for the very first time in the least sixty years and now austria might be about to follow suit. that gets on the board at the. cricket club to help the ball actually up. the goal . but. the rights. to a break there is a history of frustration with the established political parties during the global recession and twenty nine europe in austria were hit hard and top of this were the

sebastian kurtz is said to be the world's youngest leader and he supporters can't get enough. the thirty one year old has led the center right people's party for just five months. has steered the party rightward on key issues and to victory in austria as national elections. thank you i have a big request for you used today to celebrate. you've all earned it through hard work and dedication. ok at the same china i need to tell you that you're moral the work starts we didn't just run to win the election we did it to bring austria back on top. so we're going to be just to be here we ran in this election to achieve real change. how could scopes to achieve this change is up for debate the former foreign minister appealed to conservative and right wing voters with pledges to reduce immigration shut down migrant routes kept benefits to refugees and bar immigrants from benefits for five years a divisive stance in austria. for korea i'm shocked and outraged i truly have to say but i can't say more i'm very disappointed that the austrians vote like this for instance i. don't if in schoo

austria's conservative leader sebastian kurtz has claimed a victory in the general election just thirty one this will make him the world's youngest leader his people's party won more than thirty one percent of the vote but he will need to form a coalition government as david chase reports the results marcus shop shift to the political right. and emphatic victory for sebastian kurtz just thirty one years old and already the chancellor of austria in waiting his first call to party headquarters of a thank you to supporters he described as making the impossible possible. today the voters men and women in this country gave us a great mandate we must be aware of this opportunity the women and men are putting their hopes into this movement we will use all our strength and all of our fight to bring about change in this country i invite you to go on this path with us there is much to do to establish a new style a new culture a politics political analysts say his victory makes it clear the turbulent rise of right wing populism is far from over of course this is of course. so. labeled the whiz kid

monday after the elections this is essentially a battle between the center right party led by sebastian kurtz and the the far right party which is led by a form a neo nazi hans christian striker he said that his neo nazi links in the past were part of his youth he was stupid and ignorant at the time and that time has gone but it looks likely that the election will form a coalition of the right wing as a result and these policies have been deeply disturbing to the muslim community here in austria this no i'm afraid to be living in a country where the women are suppressed because of their headscarf or what they are wearing their exterior and i am afraid of that as i want to become a doctor the fear in brussels is that if this new right wing coalition does take hold in vienna it could cause problems with trying to get a common policy inside the european union on such vital issues as immigration and refugees police in guatemala say they've captured a leader of the notorious m.s. thirteen street gang anchor gabriel rares merican was arrested in connection with a gun attack on a hospital in guatema

austria looks set to welcome a new leader thirty one year old sebastian kurtz official election results aren't expected until the end of this week but curt's is said to be seeking a coalition with his country's far right and to immigration party causing concern across the european union david cheater has more from vienna. a new start and a new image for austria the world's youngest leader in waiting is reported to be in intensive find the scenes negotiations with the hard right freedom party to whom the coalition government is political analysts say sebastian kurtz cleverly exploited his country's fears about another immigration crisis. migration is now the topic that all the politicians have and all political parties have to address in order to be successful in election complaints. instead of the defaced posters you usually see in the aftermath of many elections curses were plastered with stickers saying thank you we are behind us in the world but. i realize the shift to the right is happening in europe in general and that is i think a development which means that people are more insec

to europe austria's conservative leader sebastian kurtz has claimed victory in the elections there at just thirty one he will be the world's youngest leader his people's party won more than thirty one percent of the vote but he will need now to form a coalition government as david chase or explains the results marcus sharp move to the political right. and emphatic victory for sebastien kurtz just thirty one years old and already the chancellor of austria in a way to his first call to party headquarters and i thank you to supporters he described as making the impossible possible be let in and then there today the voters men and women in this country gave us a great mandate we must be aware of this opportunity the women and men are putting their hopes into this movement we will use all our strength and all of our fight to bring about change in this country i invite you to go on this path with us there is much to do to establish a new style a new culture a politics political analysts say his victory makes it clear the turbulent rise of right wing populism is far from over of course this

sebastian kurtz's called the austrian politics is wonderful to see at thirty one he may be short on years but he's long gone and vision of this t.v. broadcast with you people's party shows his eyes are set firmly on the chancellor ship. the polls put it well ahead but he's done it by poaching some of the policies of the far right. when he kind of does fish play here up to. i cannot i promise today that we will end illegal migration to achieve order and security in austria. it's the freedom party led by hines christian structure that could be drawn into a new right wing coalition with the young chancellor they draw their support from a working class eighty later by the waves of immigration into europe struck has said his near nazi links and hughes could now be dismissed he described himself then as stupid and naive that there is no islam does not belong in austria and we do not want an islamic nation of our own homeland. i think something needs to change australia it's either very strong to left off very strong to the right and the middle needs to come back the middle class is missing a ba

opinion poll suggests that the leader of that government is likely to be thirty one year old sebastian kurtz of the conservative people's party if he becomes chancellor he'll be the youngest leader in the world. david. kurtz is called the austrian politics. at thirty one he may be short on years but he's long on and vision of this t.v. broadcast with you people's party shows his eyes are set firmly on the chancellor ship. the polls put it well ahead but he's done it by poaching some of the policies of the far right. i can also promise today that we will end illegal migration to achieve order and security in austria. it's the freedom party led by heinz christian structure that could be drawn into a new right wing coalition with young chancellor they draw their support from a working class eighty later by the waves of immigration and euro structure has said his neo nazi links and hues could now be dismissed he described himself then as stupid and naive that no islam does not belong in austria and we do not want to . own homelands i think something needs to change it's a very strong to the left

and emphatic victory for sebastian kurtz just thirty one years old and already the chancellor of austria in way to his first call to party headquarters and i thank you to supporters he described as making the impossible possible. today the voters men and women in this country gave us a great mandate we must be aware of this opportunity the women and men are putting their hopes into this movement we will use all our strength and all of our fight to bring about change in this country i invite you to go on this path with us there is much to do to establish a new style a new culture of politics political analysts say his victory makes it clear that turbulent rise of right wing populism is far from over of course this is a course. so. labeled the whiz kid joining the campaign the leader of the conservative people's party achieved his ambition by being far from what he called illegal. kurtz's been accused of ruthless opportunism by his former coalition partners stealing the clothes and the policies of the hard right. no one party has an absolute majority in the national parliament circulation

radically different approaches france's emmanuelle macross water fight the far right austria sebastian kurtz poached the far rights topics don't let the right set the agenda carolyn and. now would. you can close off the right flank by becoming right wing yourself that's an illusion you have to decide do i want to live in a secular open democracy if so then you have to defend these principles. vice man from the new right believes any attack is positive doesn't try matters as mao said is that to be attacked by the enemy is not a bad thing like doesn't of it's a good thing because it clearly shows we're on to something and the sin is real competition fatherland love of country identity terms made popular by the. but who will now set the lead for how these terms are used a balancing act for germany's bundestag. and you talk about the f.t. which is a part of the new german parliament and to talk about the new german parliament i have with me in the in our studios our political correspondent a jefferson chase welcome to jefferson and also at the bundestag i have thomas another of our political cor

seekers in twenty fifteen but now says it won't take any more one of the reasons is this man sebastian kurtz who has campaigned mostly on his successful push to close off the so-called balkan route. i'm going to take a very clear path which will reduce illegal migration to zero those who try to enter illegally must be stopped at the border taken care of and then sent back the traffickers come to the ones to decide who gets through and not we as a republic or the european union but courts is hard line immigration stance looks soft compared to the anti islam rhetoric of the leader of the nationalist freedom party. in vienna and other cities there are already more muslim than catholic children at primary schools and high schools that is due to the irresponsible policies of the government which attempted to replace our own population i say let's exchange these politicians before they manage to completely replace us. these messages are resonating strongly with voters leaving incumbent chancellor christian can and his left wing social democrats behind in the polls a swing to the right in austria s