In his first interview since retirement, Austria’s former chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that he is not planning a return to politics. “That means for good. I permanently rule out a return,” he told the Kronen Zeitung newspaper. His appearance at a party conference on May 14 would only serve to support his successor, Karl Nehammer, he said. Domestic politics plays hardly any role in his life any more, the 35-year-old said, adding however: “I still follow geopolitical developments very closely, professionally and out of interest.” Kurz resigned from his post as chancellor in 2021 and then from …