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Austrian court overturns ex-chancellor Kurz’s perjury conviction

by 26/05/2025
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A court in Vienna overturned the conviction of Sebastian Kurz, the country’s former chancellor and fallen conservative star, for making false statements to a parliamentary investigatory committee.

Kurz had received an eight-month suspended prison sentence last year on the charge he deceived parliament under oath during a 2020 investigation into corruption allegations involving his government.

Kurz led the center-right Austrian People’s Party to victory in 2017 and in 2019, but was forced to resign as chancellor in October 2021 amid a flurry of accusations of corruption.

The verdict is an important victory for Kurz, whose possible return to Austrian politics is the subject of much speculation in the country.

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