Cornelius Kurz is probably a biologist in Cologne
or at least studying there.
Kurz said that stability in the Balkans also means“more security
and stability in countries like Austria”.
Kurz said he was proposing to President Alexander
Van der Bellen that a snap election be held as soon as possible.
Van der Bellen, who can dissolve parliament, said he backed a snap election and
would discuss next steps with Kurz on Sunday.
Van der Bellen, who can dissolve parliament, said he backed a snap election and
would discuss the next steps with Kurz on Sunday.
Chancellor Kurz and Rama said they both see a new“escape route” for migrants emerging,
from Greece via Albania to Central Europe- in the offing.
The PM discussed with Kurz the necessary support that Albania needed to cope with the demands
and to meet the“legitimate expectations of Austria and Germany.”.
After yesterday's video I honestly have to say-
enough is enough," Kurz said in a statement to the media,
listing various lesser scandals that had previously strained their relations.
As Strache announced around midday that he was
stepping down, a crowd of thousands with left-wing placards and banners gathered on the square outside Kurz's office, chanting“Snap elections now!”!
Kurz, a conservative who formed a coalition with the Freedom Party a year
and a half ago, said the apparent video sting, in which Strache discusses contracts in return for financial or political favors, was the last straw in the relationship.
VIENNA- Austria raced on
Saturday toward a snap election as Chancellor Sebastian Kurz pulled the plug on his coalition with the far right
after its leader was caught on video offering to fix state contracts with a woman posing as a Russian oligarch's niece.
Kurz had repeatedly distanced himself from his far right
coalition partners over lesser scandals in the past, mostly involving party officials and anti-Semitism or racism- such as one in which the deputy mayor of Hitler's home town wrote a poem likening immigrants to rats.