Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz proposed on Monday sacking his interior minis...
VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz proposed on Monday sacking his interior minister, escalating a battle triggered when a video sting took down the longtime leader of his far-right coalition partners.
The FPO had announced that it would vacate all its ministerial posts if Kickl, a mastermind of the FPO’s ascent to power, were forced out. German media published the video on Friday, a week before a European Parliament election and a year-and-a-half after Austria once again became the only Western European country with far-right cabinet ministers. It has since been joined by Italy.
Niki Fellner, editor in chief of the Oesterreich tabloid newspaper, said by openly discussing what he called corruption and dirty tricks, Strache had tarnished Austria’s image: “From Germany to Hungary, we are seen as of now as a banana republic.”
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