Photo: ReutersAustrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has proposed sacking his interior minister, escalating a battle triggered when a video sting took down the longtime leader of his far-right coalition partners. That's why we'll fill the vacant jobs in the ministries with experts or senior government officials," Kurz said. The video showed Strache meeting the woman in 2017, shortly before the election that brought him into government. Kurz has argued Kickl could not oversee an investigation into the sting that snared his party leader. Kickl accused Kurz of attempting a power grab for his OVP party.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 20, 2019 22:30 UTC