Austria’s Kurz Rises to 38% in Poll After Government Collapse
Sebastian Kurz in Vienna on May 20.
Photographer: Roland Schlager/AFP via Getty Images
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A first poll after the collapse of Austria’s government saw Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s party gaining support, though falling short of the level needed to govern alone.
His People’s Party is at 38%, up four percentage points from a previous survey, according to the poll conducted for Oesterreich newspaper by Research Affairs Institut from May 18-20. The opposition Social Democrats inched up to 26%, while the Freedom Party -- whose leader had to resign after a video showed him promising government contracts for campaign funds -- fell 5 percentage points to 18%.