vienna austria shift right parliamentary election pave way young conservative star sebastian kurz become next leader open path resurgent far right return power people party name 31-year-old foreign minister kurz leader may secure clear victory sunday hard line immigration leave little space anti-islam freedom party fpo kurz still well short majority two party enough seat give control parliament coalition alliance fpo far certain likely outcome prospect prompt guard expressions concern european leaders include germany angela merkel say fpo strong show big challenge party austria kurz careful avoid say coalition partner might favor say partner must pro-european without say whether rule fpo critical bloc long argue membership election result clear victory european union clear victory us pro-european force kurz tell reuters party manifesto call small european commission streamline eu focus core competences internal trade secure bloc external border decline draw specific plan austria gateway germany million people flee war poverty middle east elsewhere europe migration crisis begin 2015. also take one percent population asylum seekers year many voters feel country overrun austria shift right come german voters last month punish merkel open-door policy migrants push conservative bloc bad show since 1949 put far-right afd party parliament fpo found former nazis 1950s go minnow political heavyweight 1990s charismatic joerg haider praise hitler employment policies one first far-right party enjoy mainstream success europe since world war two fpo go government 2000 conservative party kurz lead rest european union react outrage impose sanction austria fpo sister france national front afd though course one world young leaders kurz relative veteran government enter cabinet secretary state integration six years ago foreign minister past three make immigration core issue argue coalition government decision throw open austria border lock step merkel germany migration crisis help cement reputation polish straight talker make country popular politician kurz call end coalition social democrats prompt sunday election two side loggerheads make tie-up fpo likely race fpo chancellor christian kern social democrats close call sunday count leave postal ballot roughly sixth vote cast tell apart bulk ballot expect count monday fpo ahead sunday pollsters projections show postal ballot swing vote last year close-fought presidential election postal vote count social democrats take lead ahead 2,540 vote party 26.6 percent interior ministry data show monday night yet phase coalition talk say kurz add would await thursday final result fpo come second would improve odds go government kurz since social democrats would consider coalition losers fpo far-right party junior partner june social democrats lift self-imposed ban coalitions fpo place 30 years implicitly recognize difficulty form governments without party course secure 26 percent sunday vote decades parliament freedom party seek become increasingly mainstream purge rank overt anti-semitism even openly court jewish voters limit success world jewish congress president ronald lauder u.s. ambassador austria 1986 1987 call fpo keep government sad distress platform receive quarter vote lauder say statement austria 's conservative shift open path power far right