Austria goes back to polls after ‘Ibiza scandal’ brought down government
Centre-right former leader Sebastian Kurz poised to return to power
Austria’s centre-right ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz looks likely to return to power only four months after a video sting operation brought down his coalition government with the nationalist right.
Kurz’s Austrian People’s party (ÖVP) is expected to come out top when 6.4 million Austrians head to the polls this Sunday, but may have to consider forging unorthodox alliances after the “Ibiza scandal” reconfigured the Alpine country’s political landscape.