BERLIN — A secretly filmed video that led Heinz-Christian Strache, Austria’s far-right vice chancellor, to step down on Saturday is filled with eyebrow-raising moments, according to excerpts published by the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel and the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Mr. Strache not only resigned from his post less than 24 hours after the release of the video footage, which was recorded in July 2017 in a rented villa in Ibiza, Spain. He also vowed to resign as leader of the Freedom Party. The scandal prompted Chancellor Sebastian Kurz later on Saturday to call for a snap election, saying at a news conference in Vienna, “After yesterday’s video, enough is enough.”[Read more of our coverage on the resignation and the fallout.] Asking for favors, and dangling millions of eurosFive people took part in the meeting, according to the German news outlets, which examined the tapes but have not released the full recordings.

Source: New York Times May 18, 2019 15:47 UTC