struggling to get votes, especially among young people. at age 31, in 2017 kurz was one of the youngest democratically elected leaders in the world. he's seen as bringing a fresh face to conservatism. i'm going to point to germany in particular. the christian democratic union, the party of angela merkel, i was in berlin when they lost in the polls. a stunning defeat. and the concern for that party and other conservative center right parties is that young people are leaning towards more progressive parties, more green parties. so chancellor kurz was seen as someone who could really bring this conservative movement forward to the future. that puts all of this in question, of course, and it asks, what is the future of austria? also, at large, what is the future of conservative parties across europe? if they can't continue to gallivanize young people and continue to meet the agendas of green demands across europe, the demands of the climate crisis