The 32-year-old’s fall came after scandal engulfed his onetime partner, the far-right Freedom Party.
By Griff Witte Griff Witte Europe-focused correspondent with extensive experience in the Middle East and South Asia Email Bio Follow May 27 at 12:06 PM BERLIN — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was ousted by parliament in a no-confidence vote Monday following a scandal that had brought down his coalition government.
In European Parliamentary elections Sunday, his People’s party won a resounding victory, suggesting voters don’t hold him responsible for the controversy that befell the Freedom Party. Derided by critics as “Trump in a slim-fit suit,” the young politician had won fans among many in the U.S. president’s orbit by reinvigorating his once-stodgy party and adopting many of the ideas, policies and slogans of the far-right.
[How a boozy video confirmed critics’ views of the Austrian far right and triggered a government breakup] The scandal — known as “Ibiza-gate” for the Spanish island where the recording was filmed — highlighted the close relationship between the Freedom Party and Russia. Strache resigned after the video emerged. Kurz then attempted to fire the interior minister, a Freedom Party member, and the other far-right ministers resigned in protest.
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