“We're going to Ibiza!” With this catchy tune, thousands of Austrians celebrate the end of the first turquoise-blue government of Sebastian Kurz, as the coalition of his ÖVP with the right-wing national FPÖ is called.
There are new elections and soon he will be back in office.
This time, Kurz rules with the Greens - but the Ibiza affair overshadows his second term in office.
It is more and more of an FPÖ scandal into a problem for the Chancellor party ÖVP.
And Sebastian Kurz struggles to explain.
Does a chancellor really know nothing about the machinations of his closest confidante?
Why does he supposedly regularly delete his text messages and destroy calendars?
In the “Inside Austria” podcast, SPIEGEL and “Standard” jointly examine the network that made Sebastian Kurz great.
This episode is about what made him fall.
How the investigators of the economic and corruption prosecutor's office targeted the former Austrian Chancellor.
And why he is now facing a prison sentence for false testimony.
What is happening in Austria right now is a state affair: searches of the Austrian Chancellery, the federal headquarters of the Chancellor's party ÖVP, the Ministry of Finance and one of the most important publishing houses in the country.
There has not been a comparable blow against the executive in Austria since the end of the Second World War.
The investigation is not only against Sebastian Kurz, but also against nine other accused, among other things because of the suspicion of infidelity and the aid to corruption.
In our podcast, we trace how it got to this point.
You can also find an overview of all current developments and new revelations in the Kurz affair in our new weekly newsletter “Inside Austria”.