Mr Kurz said he was seeking the removal of the country’s interior minister, Freedom Party politician Herbert Kickl, to ensure an unbiased probe into the video. “I’m firmly convinced that what’s necessary now is total transparency and a completely and unbiased investigation,” Mr Kurz told reporters in Vienna. The Freedom Party reacted by withdrawing its ministers from the government. Mr Strache and party colleague Johann Gudenus are heard telling the woman she can expect lucrative construction contracts if she buys an Austrian newspaper and supports the Freedom Party. Hamburg-based weekly Der Spiegel and Munich daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung said the meeting in Ibiza was probably a trap that Mr Strache and Mr Gudenus had fallen for.

Source: Irish Independent May 20, 2019 21:11 UTC