Austrian parliament sacks Kurz as video sting crisis rolls on


  • World
  • Monday, 27 May 2019

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a session of the Parliament in Vienna, Austria May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz suffered the biggest setback of his meteoric career on Monday as parliament voted the 32-year-old's government out of office in the wake of a video sting that blew up his coalition with the far right.

The star among Europe's conservatives, known for his hard line on immigration, looked unassailable just two weeks ago.

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