Austrian government teeters as Greens seek options to oust PM Kurz


FILE PHOTO: Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a news conference, , in Vienna, Austria, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's governing coalition was on the brink of collapse on Friday as its junior party said it wanted to oust Chancellor Sebastian Kurz now that he has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption offences.

Kurz denies wrongdoing and says he is willing to keep governing with the Greens. But the left-wing party, which campaigned on a platform of "clean politics", has said the investigation makes Kurz unfit to serve chancellor.

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