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Originally Posted by Antagon
The Austrian vice chancellor and figurehead of the far right party FPOE resigned in disgrace today due to a leaked video showing him talking to a fake Russian investor (it was a set up). Among other things he mentioned wanting her to purchase the biggest mass tabloid paper in Austria so his party could sneakily infiltrate it - giving them a huge boost in the upcoming election (the whole thing happened in Summer 2017). And the chancellor called for a snap election. This is fucking huge. For some time now it seemed like there's nothing this guy could say or do that could possibly hurt his career in anyway. And now it turns out he already fucked himself over spectacularly before he even got into office. His right hand was involved in the scandal as well and has also resigned. He'd been quite vile character who's been in the news for his awful remarks and sketchy propositions time and time again. Good fucking riddance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/w...gns-video.html |
And now, a little more than a week later, the wannabe Gordon Gekko chancellor followed suit after three parties had voted against him in a motion of no confidence. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had drawn a lot of criticism for his more than compliant behavior towards the far right party FPOE. Under his patronage, the Austrian People's Party - which had formerly presented itself as a centrist party that was leaning a tad towards the conservative side (though there had been clear flirtations with the far right time and time again) - took a sharp right turn and cranked the whole "we're the party of the employers, not the workforce" appeal up to eleven. This marks the first time in the post-war second republic of Austria a chancellor, his cabinet as well as his coalition partners have been relieved of their duties. And quite some relief that is. Good fucking riddanceČ
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/27/e...ntl/index.html