Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz calls for a snap election after an explosive camera sting claimed the scalp of his far-right deputy
Conservative Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on Saturday on his coalition with the far-right Freedom Party after a damaging video prompted its leader to step down as vice chancellor.
He said he would propose to Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen that a snap election be held as soon as possible. Vice chancellor Heinz-Christian Stracher had resigned earlier on Saturday after two German newspapers published footage of him apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a potential Russian benefactor.
In his resignation statement, Strache said he was quitting so that the coalition could continue its work. Kurz has so far not spoken publicly.on Friday published extracts of covert video purportedly showing Strache offering government contracts to a Russian woman purportedly interested in investing large amounts of money in Austria.
According to the two newspapers, the video spanned some six hours of drink-fuelled conversation in a villa on the Spanish island of Ibiza between the Austrian politicians and the woman, who claimed to be the niece of a prominent Russian businessman.
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