Just who is Austria's new whizz-kid leader?

The election of slick-haired 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz shows that the right hasn't gone away you know

Austria's new leader Sebastian Kurz speaks to supporters at an event in Vienna following the general elections. Pic: Getty

In March we wrote thatEurope was at a turbulent juncture. Indeed, it was. We were in the first months of an increasingly belligerent Donald Trump presidency. We had seen far-right candidate Geert Wilders perform strongly in the Dutch elections. And we were watching Marine Le Pen flex her political muscle in France. With elections to come all across the eurozone, we were worried.

As we wrote: “For Ireland, this [election] is critical. The ...