'How's that European solidarity?' EU boss Tajani MOCKED for Austrian election result tweet

Mr Kurz’s People’s Party (OVP) is on course to win leadership and could form a coalition with the right-wing populist Freedom Party after the first projections showed he had 30.2 per cent of the vote. 

And as the exit polls emerged, EU Parliament President Mr Tajani tweeted: “Congrats to Sebastian Kurz for coming first in Austria elections. We count on a strong pro-European government to work on our common future.” 

Twitter users quickly jumped on the fact OVP is tough on migration, easy on taxes and widely Eurosceptic after rebranding itself over the last few months to propel its popularity in the wealthy Alpine nation

Janice Atkinson, Vice-President of Europe of Nations and Freedom, hit back: “Really? Anti immigrant, pro nation state EPP? Oh, wait a minute, you’ve got Orban too.  How’s that EU solidarity coming along.” 

AUSTRIA ELECTION RESULTS 

Another said: “You haven’t been following the election too well, have you?”

One user simply added: “Good luck with that.”

Mr Kurz, 31, is set to become Europe’s youngster leader after becoming foreign minister at the age of 27. 

Although the OVP has been in government for 30 year and Mr Kurz is one of the cabinet’s longest serving ministers, he has run his campaign with a promise of change. 

The stunning result will come as a crushing blow to the EU and essentially a strong vote against liberal politics, pedalled by France and Germany.

And as a member of the EU, Austria could now go on to resist efforts by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron to reform the bloc and expand cooperation on issues such as immigration. 

Mr Kurz has already rejected EU reform proposals by Mr Macron. 

Mr Kurz was one of the backers of the recent law imposed in Austria banning the burka.  

He was also instrumental in closing down the Balkan route into Europe used by Middle Eastern refugees.

Mr Kurz’s OVP has promised to cut access to social welfare benefits for refugees for at least five years. 

It comes after Austria was used as a gateway for nearly 900,000 migrants making their way to Germany. 

The nation received more than 68,000 applications for asylum in 2015.