Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz loses confidence vote

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Vienna, Austria — (CNN)Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his government have lost a no-confidence vote following a corruption scandal over a secret video.

Kurz's former coalition partners from the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) said they would support the motion of no-confidence put forward by the Socialist Party (SPÖ) on Monday afternoon.

There was no official count for the vote. Instead, a majority of deputies in the chamber stood to indicate their unwillingness to put further trust in Kurz.

The vote was triggered after Kurz's government became embroiled in a political crisis over an undercover recording.

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By Denise Hruby, for CNN
Updated 1505 GMT (2305 HKT) May 27, 2019


Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/27/europe/austria-sebastian-kurz-intl/index.html

[yaesu]

1. They got caught doing pay for play with russian agents, same team that got to tRump, GOP. nt

[BlueStater]

2. Phrasing is weird.

Shouldn't that be WON a no-confidence vote?