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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Liechtenstein

Former Austrian chancellor Kurz stands trial for allegedly making false statements to an inquiry

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Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz went on trial Wednesday on a charge of having made false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government.

Once a rising star among conservatives in Europe, Kurz resigned in 2021 amid a separate corruption probe and has since left politics.

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