Austria's ex-Chancellor Kurz convicted of making false statements. He was the shining light of the conservatives in Austria.
Then investigations by the public prosecutor's office forced him out of office. The Vienna Regional Court considered it proven that Kurz had exercised greater influence in the appointment of the supervisory board of the state holding company Öbag than he had admitted to the Ibiza investigative committee. The court gave him a suspended sentence of eight months for makingfalse statements. The sentence was suspended until February 23, 2024.