Austria's Sebastian Kurz calls for snap elections after corruption scandal
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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced at on Saturday that the country would have fresh elections in the wake of a major scandal involving now former-Vice Chancellor Heinz Christian Strache.
Kurz praised the fact that his Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) had been able to see through many of its campaign promises with the help of Strache's far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), but the chancellor said that "enough is enough" after the latest FPÖ embarrassment. He said he has asked President Alexander Van der Bellen for a new national vote.
"I promised voters I would remain true to myself, no matter what," Kurz said, declaring that he had withdrawn the ÖVP from the government. "I said I would always do what is right and what is necessary."
Austria′s Sebastian Kurz calls for snap elections after corrupti..
