Vienna — Austria is set to move to the right in elections on Sunday with conservative Sebastian Kurz expected to become Europe’s youngest head of government and form a coalition with the anti-immigration Freedom Party. The centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP), rebranded by Kurz as his personal turquoise "movement", is forecast to come first with more than 30%, polls suggest. But in a fresh triumph for Europe’s populists, just after Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the third-biggest party in parliament there, the Freedom Party (FPÖ) looks set to be second or third with at least 25% — double the AfD’s score. Austria has had almost 150,000 asylum claims since 2015, making the wealthy Alpine country of 8.75-million one of Europe’s highest recipients per capita. Like the AfD, France’s National Front and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, the FPÖ — which almost won the presidency in December — has stoked concerns about the influx, while also moving left on social issues. "No, Islam is not...
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