Austria shifts to the right as new coalition deal is struck

Agreement between conservative and nationalist parties makes Sebastian Kurz, 31, Europe's youngest leader

Austrian conservative party leader Sebastian Kurz reached a coalition deal with the anti-immigration Freedom party (FPO) on Friday, paving the way for Austria to become the only western European country with a far-right party in government.

The agreement, two months after a parliamentary election dominated by Europe's migration crisis, ends more than a decade in opposition for the FPO, which last entered government in 2000 with the People's party (OVP) that Kurz now leads.