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Austrian Social Democratic provincial governor ends cooperation with Freedom Party
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 19, 2019 06:30pm |
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| Author | Reuters |
| News Date | Sunday, May 19, 2019 05:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | VIENNA (Reuters) - The Social Democratic governor of Austria’s Burgenland province ended cooperation with the Freedom Party on Sunday and called early elections, in the latest political turmoil unleashed by a scandal at the far right party over state contracts.
Heinz-Christian Strache resigned as Freedom Party leader and Deputy Chancellor on Saturday after he was caught on video offering to fix government contracts.
Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz responded by calling snap parliamentary elections, which are expected to be held in September, and political parties have lost no time in moving to an election footing.
The cooperation in Burgenland may have made it difficult for the Socialists to distance themselves nationally from the Freedom Party. |
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