Doing a Macron: can Austrian minister copy French election success?
(The Guardian Austria)

Foreign minister Sebastian Kurz wants to replicate French president´s independent platform in hope for high officeThe French president´s feat of sweeping into high office after abandoning a traditional party and running on an independent platform is inspiring copycats elsewhere on the continent.Austria´s 30-year-old foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, announced on Sunday that he would scrap the constituency selection process for his Austrian People´s party (ÖVP), which he chairs, and replace it with a gender-balanced list of independent candidates endorsed by the party. Related: What happens now that Macron has been elected French president? | Kim Willsher Continue reading...