Kurz resigned: Schallemberg, former foreign minister, takes over, but that’s not all
Even for the ÖVP, power is worth more than a leader, albeit a young one , and as expected his head was offered on a silver platter. Shortly after 6pm, the Chancellery announced a statement from Sebastian Kurz. And a few minutes later the content leaked: the head of the government leaves his office. Successor candidate: Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.
At 7:41 pm Kurz made the official announcement, which he supplemented by stating that, in any case, that the ÖVP party will maintain the leadership of the Austrian Christian Democrats. therefore the output is only partial. He left the leadership of the government, he said, to better demonstrate his extraneousness to the facts. "It would be irresponsible to slip into months of chaos or stalemate," Kurz said in his statement. After all, the Greens were already probing FPOs and Social Democrats for alternative coalitions.
Kurz did not spare the opportunity to criticize the coalition partner, the Greens, whose pressure pushed him to resign, which he accused of not having objectively supported him.
Obviously the situation remains tense precisely because Kurz remains at the helm of the ÖVP which, at least in words, was ready to withdraw its government delegation. In the meantime, however, the investigation is not over and there may still be some twists and turns.
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