- The leader of Austria’s conservatives Sebastin Kurz was sworn in as the world’s youngest democratically elected leader, at the head of a coalition with the Greens.
- ‘Protect the climate and the borders’, the 33-year-old has become Chancellor of the Alpine country’s first government to include the Greens, an arrangement called “exotic” and “unlikely” by Austrian media.
- The government aims to please both parties by pushing for Austria to be carbon neutral by 2040 and also continuing previous strict anti-immigration measures.
