In Austria, Sebastian Kurz’s descent into hell

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The ex-chancellor was recently implicated by a relative, who accuses him of being linked to the vast corruption scandal which affected Austria.

From our correspondent in Berlin, Pascale Hugues

Lhe last episode of the incredible series on corruption in Austria defies imagination and could, for the first time, clearly implicate the person of Sebastian Kurz. If the former chancellor has always denied having been involved in any way whatsoever in the shenanigans perpetrated within his government until his resignation probably linked to suspicions of justice in the fall of 2021, the recent revelations of Thomas Schmid, his former right-hand man and man of confidence, could have serious consequences for the “child prodigy” of Austrian politics.

During 15 interrogation sessions which have been held over the past few months in the greatest discretion in the city of Graz, far from Vienna and journalists, and whose protocol has just been revealed…

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