Austria's chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, has resigned in a televised speech following corruption allegations
Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said he was stepping down from his office Saturday evening, days after his office was raided by Austrian prosecutors investigating him and close team members on suspicion of bribery and breach of trust.
Kurz, speaking in a televised address on Austrian television said,"I want to make space to guarantee stability." However, the 35-year-old Chancellor said the corruption allegations against him were"wrong" and denied that he had used government money for political purposes. Kurz said Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg would become the new chancellor, according to public broadcaster ORF.
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