Austria's Europe Minister to step down from office


Karoline Edtstadler candidate of Austria's OeVP Party for the European elections, gestures during a meeting after European Parliament elections at the Austrian People's Party (OeVP) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria's Minister for Europe and Constitutional Affairs, Karoline Edtstadler, is stepping down from government and will not seek a ministerial post in the country's next administration.

A spokesman confirmed the decision to news agency APA after the news was first reported in newspaper Kronen Zeitung late on Saturday.

Edtstadler, a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP), is a member of the negotiating team trying to set up a coalition government after Austria's recent election.

The politician will remain a minister until a new government is formed and remain as an MP for Salzburg after leaving office.

(Reporting by John Revill; Editing by David Goodman)

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