“You need to earn trust,” Pamela Rendi-Wagner, the leader of the Socialist Party, told lawmakers before calling for the no-confidence vote. “Cooperation and dialogue are the ground basis for trust, and trust is required for a majority in Parliament,” she said. Austrian lawmakers often use no-confidence votes as a form of protest, but until Monday, none had succeeded. The vote was a severe blow suffered by Mr. Kurz, a well-dressed, smart, young politician who turned the fortunes of Austria’s conservatives by rebranding the party as a movement and swapping out its flagship black color for turquoise. Even though he has been ousted as chancellor, political observers believe that Mr. Kurz will remain his party’s leading candidate for the upcoming election.

Source: New York Times May 27, 2019 14:20 UTC