AustriaSebastian Kurz led Austria's People's Party and was chancellor in 2017–2019 and 2020–2021, then resigned in October 2021 and left politics for business that December. His governments restricted migration, cut taxes and extended allowable working hours.
In the 12 Axes register, Sebastian Kurz leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 68%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
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Where Sebastian Kurz sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Led a federal parliamentary republic
Representative Democracy
Chancellor 2017–2019 and 2020–2021
Statist
Expanded digital surveillance powers
Non-Interventionist
Pursued EU integration while restricting migration
Neutral
Kept Austria's constitutional neutrality
Assimilationist
Mandatory German classes, refugee caps
Economic Liberal
Cut taxes and extended maximum daily work to 12 hours
Markets
Business-friendly tax and labour changes
Free Trade
Austria ratified the EU–Canada CETA under him
Spiritual
Catholic-raised ÖVP leader
Conservative
Conservative family policy with family bonus
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Sebastian Kurz is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Sebastian Kurz is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.cidob.org
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The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
