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Austria's Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has resigned a day after secret video footage mired him in a corruption scandal.
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- Title
- Scandal-hit Austrian minister resigns
- Published
- May 18 2019
- Word count
- 144 words
I'm linking the original SPIEGEL story in English.
The whole thing is a horror story about just how easily independent media and democratic political systems can be undermined.
Also of note is the presumptive, if not proven, willingness of international billionaire oligarchs to finance the current crop of neo-Nazis.
something something, business would rather elect a fascist than any sort of leader which would increase their taxes. it's super funny too, because the far right has no qualms about throwing most of these billionaires under the bus when they take power and the gambit only works for as long as they aren't in power.
Wow, as much as I truly despise Strache, I'm surprised and a bit impressed he actually stepped down. There are so many current cases of much worse corruption where the officials just double down or lie and deny any involvement. It's good to see that there can be implications to such actions.