Austria's government implodes over video scandal

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz is to nominate a caretaker government, only days before EU elections.

A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz protests outside the Federal Chancellery in Vienna, Austria 21 May 2019. Source: AAP Image/ EPA/FLORIAN WIESER

Austria’s far-right interior ministers have been fired in the wake of the “Ibiza” corruption scandal that has engulfed the Freedom party (FPÖ), leading to the complete collapse of the country’s governing coalition.

Our correspondent from Germany, Flaminia Bussotti, has more.

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