Vienna, Austria (CNN)Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for snap elections after Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache from the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) resigned over allegations of corruption.
Germany’s Der Spiegel news magazine and Süddeutsche Zeitung daily newspaper published video Friday of Strache appearing to offer government contracts to a woman who claimed to be a Russian investor and niece of an oligarch.
Kurz said at a news conference in Vienna that the FPÖ “damages the reputation of our country,” announcing that he had recommended the President schedule new elections as soon as possible.
