Austria plans to hold snap elections in September with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz calling the decision a 'necessity' after the vice chancellor resigns over a corruption scandal
A snap election in Austria is a"necessity," Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Sunday, following an announcement by President Alexander Van der Bellen that early elections would be held in September.
"We are of the same opinion, that after these events it is not possible to go back to business as usual. The new election is not a wish, it is a necessity," Chancellor Kurz said. The snap election decision was sparked by the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache on Saturday, after a video surfaced showing him appearing to offer government contracts to a woman who claimed to be a Russian investor and niece of an oligarch.
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