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Austria ruling party picks Nehammer for chancellor

BBC News

December 3, 2021

After 24 hours of political turmoil, Austria’s ruling People’s Party has chosen Interior Minister Karl Nehammer to take over as leader of both party and country.

Mr Nehammer will be the party’s third choice of chancellor in weeks, after Sebastian Kurz stood down in October.

Mr Kurz is under investigation after he was implicated in a corruption scandal.

On Thursday he stepped down as party leader, prompting his replacement as chancellor to say he would resign too.

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