Governmental crisis in Austria – vice-chancellor resigns

"Governmental crisis in Austria – vice chancellor resigns"

"A drunk vice-chancellor, talking with a relative of a Russian oligarch to take over one of the country's largest newspapers – something that would benefit his party. In less than a day has skandalvideon from the Ibiza scored Heinz-Christian Strache on the case."

"Now, voices calling for new elections in Austria."

"Strache, who also is the leader of the right-wing populist Freedom party (FPÖ), less then the German papers Speigel and the Süddeutsche Zeitung published a clip of him together with a woman who purports to be the relative of a Russian oligarch. In the clip, which is recorded ahead of the parliamentary elections in 2017, discusses the investments and, inter alia, whether the woman would be able to take control of the tabloid Krone. Strache said that the magazine under the new leadership would be able to help him and the FPÖ in the electoral process."

"On Saturday published the German papers, prints from video, where Strache, among other things, says:"

"Since the video has been posted called Strache a meeting with the federal chancellor Sebastian Kurz. It was already before the meeting is clear to most in the coalition government that his resignation was not to avoid."

"At a press conference after the meeting with Kurz announced Strache his resignation. He leaves all his items, even the leader of the FPÖ. In a känslofyllt speech, he asked both the chancellor and his wife apologise and blamed his statements that he had drunk."

"It was a fyllehistoria... extremely embarrassing," said Strache at the press conference."

"He denies not the video's authenticity, but called at the same time, the movie is a political attack, orchestrated by the security services."

"Even the FPÖ-politician Johan Gudenus, as seen in the video departing."

"the infrastructure Minister Norbert Hofer takes over as the leader of the FPÖ, but it remains to be seen if rockaden in partitoppen enough for the chancellor, or if the Straches resignation will lead to early elections."

"From the austrian social democrats ROD and antikorruptionspartiet Liste Jetzt is heard now the requirements on the election and outside the chancellery in Vienna demonstrates the nearly 5 000. From Germany the demands for new elections from the social democrats and The greens. It is also rumored that Sebastian Kurz will require the minister of the interior Herbert Kickls resignation."

"Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will during the day to hold a press conference."

"fpoe (Austrian libertarian party, or the Pvv, the FPÖ was founded in 1955 by former nazis. Among the well-known leader can among other things be mentioned, Jörg Haider, who led the party from 1986 to 2000."

"the Party came in third place in the parliamentary elections in 2017, and has formed a government together with the conservative people's Party, ÖVP. The FREEDOM party holds including the interior minister and the defense minister position in the chancellor Sebastian Kurz cabinet."

"IN the EU parliament is seated, the FPÖ in the ENF group, with, among others, the French National collection, the Italian northern league, the Dutch Freedom party (PVV) and the belgian Vlaams Belang."