Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, targeted by an investigation for corruption, will announce Thursday, December 2 his departure from political life, according to several media, while he is due to speak at the end of the morning.
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The birth of her son
" last weekend "
gave him the trigger
", writes on its website the daily Kronen Zeitung, which quotes "
the inner circle
" of the conservative.
His party's parliamentary group, the ÖVP, announced a press conference by Sebastian Kurz at 11:30 am Vienna time (10:30 am GMT).
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Sebastian Kurz left his post as chancellor in October after the launch of an investigation against him on suspicion of corruption, while remaining at the head of the ÖVP, of which he also chairs the parliamentary group.
He had been replaced by former Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, one of his relatives.
In mid-November, the Austrian Parliament lifted its parliamentary immunity.
Complimentary cover against advertising inserts
The scandal erupted in October, when several places, including the Chancellery and the Ministry of Finance, were raided as part of an investigation into suspicions of embezzlement of public funds between 2016 and 2018. This alleged embezzlement was aimed at to finance the publication of falsified polls and laudatory media coverage of Sebastian Kurz in the media of an influential Austrian press group, Österreich. In exchange, the latter was rewarded via the purchase of lucrative advertising inserts, according to the elements of the parquet floor. Sebastian Kurz dismisses the accusations.
Sebasian Kurz was the youngest head of government in the world when he took office at the age of 31.
The coalition he had formed with the far right collapsed in 2019 when his ally found himself at the heart of a corruption scandal.
New elections had allowed him to regain his post of chancellor, this time at the head of a coalition with the Greens, until his resignation.
