Austria takes over the EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2018 and Mr Kurz has promised to pursue reforms based on the motto: “less EU but more efficiency”.
Mr Kurz led his Austrian People’s Party to victory in the polls on an anti-immigration platform and the central planks of his reform proposals will be based on the issue.
Governing with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), Mr Kurz will argue that all migration into the EU should be stopped and the distribution of existing refugees re-regulated without quotas.
Mr Kurz also wants accession negotiations with Turkey scrapped in favour of a “European-Turkish neighbourhood concept”.
In addition, Austria also wants to focus its contribution to EU foreign missions on the EU’s external border, Western Balkans, North Africa and migration routes.
The reduction of support for refugees and the unemployed could also radiate to Germany. Refugees will receive more in-kind benefits in the future and have to be accommodated centrally.
When they apply for asylum, their cash is taken to cover the basic care costs.
Recognised refugees should receive only £323 a month, plus possibly £132 premium with special integration performance.
Overall, social assistance will be limited to £1,328 per household and only people who have already lived in Austria in five of the past six years are eligible.
Unemployed EU citizens and third-country nationals should find a job in their country of origin after one year.
The FPO is poised to take control of several powerful government ministries – including those responsible for the police and army – after striking a deal with Mr Kurz.
The agreement hands the FPO a powerful voice in the new government, with control of the interior, defence and foreign ministries, and there has been some disquiet through Europe about its links with Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party.
Mr Kurz will now travel to Brussels to meet EU chiefs alarmed at the far-right presence in Austria’s government – its only stronghold in Western Europe.
(Additional reporting by Monika Pallenberg)