Austrians vote in snap elections

Austrians voted yesterday with the conservatives expected to win most seats but not a majority, forcing them into difficult coalition negotiations after a corruption scandal brought down their coalition government with the far-right. The People’s Party (OeVP) led by 33-year-old Sebastian Kurz is predicted to win around 33 percent, up slightly from the last election two years ago but not enough to form a government on its own. “We had too much chaos in the last months. We hope for something less chaotic,” Vienna voter Clara Heisinger told AFP. The parliamentary election was brought about by the “Ibiza-gate” corruption scandal that engulfed Kurz’s far-right coalition partner in May, after just 18 months in government together.