However, the 31-year-old’s personal and political setting is completely new territory. In 2014 he was the youngest foreign minister to speak in the UN plenary. He does not hide the fact that he was tense and nervous at the time. In 2017 he is the youngest Chancellor candidate of the republic – with good prospects of taking over the job soon.
Four weeks before the election takes place Sebastian Kurz 96 hours break from Election campaign. The selfie wishes you have long been used to when boarding. In the economy class of Boeings 767 the AUA once more astonished faces when Kurz approaches seat 27 A. He demonstratively had Economy booked again for the nine-hour flight. A demonstration of closeness to the citizen, which has so far been strictly adhered to, and which also makes some people in the wider area turn up their noses – especially about three hours after the landing, as with the first meeting Iran Queuing for President Rouhani.
The exertion of the intensive election campaign is not noticeable on the outside of the 31-year-old – apart from a persistent cold, which he experienced during his bus tour (most recently through the Steiermark) has contracted. “At the airport in Wien they laughed because I was halfway pharmacy I bought it empty, “he smirks. During the flight he takes a good two hours to talk about God and the world with the half dozen journalists who are traveling with him Election campaign to world politics to chat. A German colleague who is working on a large report on Kurz asks in astonishment: “Does he always take so much time to talk to you?” In the open willingness to discuss about his refugee policy or experiences in Election campaign philosophizing has in fact changed nothing. Even in two hours, no official statement can be drawn from Kurz about possible government options or even about lists of ministers. Not even about what he intends to do if the threatening scenario “After the election comes red-blue” comes true ÖVP persistently widespread.
In casual small talk, he is also interested in leaving a message: The election has not yet run.
Of the Election campaign sleeps like that in a tireless metropolis like New York"/>New York not. So that his fans know that Kurz will also be doing his job a few weeks before October 15, provisions have been made. At the expense of the party, their own video photographer travels with them, who constantly takes new pictures and videos Instagram and Facebook posted.
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