Saturday 9 October 2021

Sebastian Kurz to quit as Austrian chancellor due to corruption inquiry

Green party coalition party demanded Kurz go after prosecutors announced investigation

The Austrian chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, said on Saturday that he plans to step down in an effort to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors’ announcement that he is a target of a corruption investigation.

Kurz, 35, said he has proposed that the foreign minister, Alexander Schallenberg, be his replacement. Kurz himself plans to become the head of his Austrian People’s party’s parliamentary group.

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