Austrian party picks new leader, early elections likely

View photosFILE – In this March 17, 2017 file photo, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz of the Austrian People’s Party poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna. Austria’s chancellor Christian Kern says Sunday, May 14, 2017 he expects an early election this fall as his coalition partner mulls its future leadership. Austria is governed by an often bad-tempered alliance of Chancellor Christian Kern’s center-left Social Democrats and the