Still-party leader and VP club chairman Sebastian Kurz will announce his resignation this morning, a press conference is to take place at 11.30 a.m.
Kurz was Federal Chancellor from 2017 to 2019 and from 2020 to 2021. In the course of the chat logs and the allegations about allegedly falsified and bought surveys, he resigned as Chancellor on October 9, 2021, but remained club chairman and party leader. But even that should now be over.
So far, there has only been speculation about the reasons; newly emerged allegations could be a cause, it is said. Kurz himself told the media that the birth of his son a few days ago was the decisive factor.
It is still open who will succeed him as party leader. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer and European Minister Karoline Edtstadler are considered the most likely candidates. Club chairman is likely to be again August Wginger, who recently held this position and also carried it out as managing club chairman.
Source From: Nachrichten
