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5 min readMar 2, 2021

Sebastian Kurz,

The enduring appeal of the conservative Austrian “Wunderkind”

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The political talent of the century, Austria`s new “Wunderkind”. The arrival of Sebastian Kurz onto the scene in Austria has changed the landscape of a country dominated by the social democrats for most of the last 50 years.

Following the migrant crisis in 2015 and the massive spike in popularity of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), a young political…