Political star Short is history. Chancellor successor Schallenberg is also facing resignation. The ÖVP wants to close the gaps quickly.
Update from Friday, December 3rd, 2021, 11:45 a.m .: With his surprising withdrawal from politics, Sebastian Kurz triggered a personal domino effect in Austria that made it necessary to reorganize the government team. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg had declared that the office of party and government should be in one hand. He therefore made his office as head of government available. Finance Minister Gernot Blümel has also announced his departure from politics.
But now the government reshuffle in Austria seems to be proceeding rapidly. According to the APA news agency, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer is taking over the post of Chancellor from the resigned Alexander Schallenberg. According to the APA, the previous constitution minister, Karoline Edtstadler, could become the new interior minister. Your department could be taken over by Schallenberg. According to the APA, it is also conceivable that Schallenberg will return to the Foreign Ministry. Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Köstinger and Economics Minister Margarete Schramböck are also to vacate their posts, according to the APA report.
Resignations in Austria: Nehammer new Chancellor?
Update, 9:35 p.m .: “I am of the firm opinion that both offices – head of government and federal party chairman of the strongest party in Austria – should quickly be reunited in one hand,” said Schallenberg, explaining his resignation. It was never his goal to lead the ÖVP. He is ready to step down as head of government as soon as it has been clarified who will head the Chancellor’s party in the future.
The Austrian media, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, is the next possible ÖVP boss and chancellor. Vice-Chancellor Werner Kogler from the co-ruling Greens emphasized in a statement on Thursday that he and Nehammer had a good basis for discussion and work.
Resignations in Austria: Schallenberg’s future unclear
Schallenberg moved from the post of foreign minister to the chancellery in October after Kurz initially retired as head of government in the face of corruption investigations. Schallenberg emphasized right at the beginning of his time as chancellor that he would remain closely associated with Kurz.
For the time being, nothing was known about Schallenberg’s future plans. He did not comment on reports that he could take over the external department again.
Update, 5:56 p.m .: Austria’s Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg resigns after just under two months. This was announced by the politician of the conservative ÖVP after his predecessor Sebastian Kurz announced his retirement as ÖVP party leader on Thursday.
Sebastian Kurz resigns from all offices: “I am neither a saint nor a criminal”
Update, 12:22 p.m .: Now it’s official: Sebastian Kurz is withdrawing from politics. The former Austrian Chancellor announced his resignation from politics at noon. Kurz said at a press conference in Vienna that he did not claim to have never done anything wrong: “I am neither a saint nor a criminal. I am a person with strengths and weaknesses, with mistakes and successes. ”But he always gave his best.
In the end, due to the allegations made against him, a sensible policy was hardly possible. The 100 percent enthusiasm for politics was no longer there. Just having to fight back is “something exhausting, exhausting.” Sebastian Kurz cited the birth of his child as the reason for his withdrawal from politics. This made him take the step: “I noticed how many beautiful and important things there are outside of politics.”
A bang in Austria: Sebastian Kurz resigns from all offices
First report: Vienna – Sebastian Kurz breaks up and causes a real bang in Austria. According to consistent media reports, Austria’s incumbent Chancellor wants to withdraw completely from politics. The 35-year-old will announce his resignation as head of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) in the morning.
According to the Austrian daily Krone, the birth of his son should be the reason for Sebastian Kurz’s withdrawal. Austria’s Interior Minister Karl Nehammer is now acting as the new ÖVP boss.
Austria: Sebastian Kurz is no longer interested in politics
Sebastian Kurz resigned as head of government in October after corruption investigators searched the Chancellery and the ÖVP headquarters, among other things. Kurz and some of his close political colleagues are suspected by the prosecutor of having circulated manipulated polls in the media. Public funds are said to have been diverted for this. Among other things, the allegation of infidelity is in the room. His successor to the post of Federal Chancellor in Austria is Alexander Schallenberg, like Kurz a member of the ÖVP.
Kurz had already admitted to the Austrian media after the corruption affair that he had “lost a little enthusiasm”. The former Federal Chancellor of the Alpine Republic has announced a press conference for 11.30 a.m. Kurz will probably declare his withdrawal from politics there. (red / dpa)
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