Ministers from the Austrian People’s Party (ANP) threatened to leave the Austria government if the chairman of the Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz happen. This was written in euronews.
To such a decision, the officials came after the accusations of the Austrian prosecutor’s office to Kurta, who was suspected of awareness of bribery. However, the Green Party, with which the conservative ANP is the ruling coalition, stated that the investigation created a “catastrophic effect”.
Chancellor himself rejected the prosecution prosecution. Kurtz expressed misunderstanding about the fact that he was “forever blamed” when “something wrong with Austria” occurs in Austria. At the same time, he turned to the presumption of innocence and said that he was not planning to resign due to accusations.
According to the investigation, from 2016 to 2018, Chancellor Kurtz used funds from the budget “to finance exclusively party-politically motivated, sometimes manipulated surveys conducted by the Company to study public opinion in the interests of the political party and its highest official.” The results of these polls were published in the Austrian daily newspaper and were not labeled as advertisements.