Austria right coalition explodes after Ibiza-gate scandal

Considered by the proponents of a tough right as a model to follow in the EU, the right coalition in power in Austria exploded Saturday a few days of European after the broadcast of a video involving the Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache in connection with Russia.
Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced in the evening the convening of early parliamentary elections after 18 months of coalition with the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) led by Mr Strache, after twenty-four hours of a unexpected psychodrama.
The earthquake was triggered by the publication on Friday night by the German media Süddeutsche Zeitung and Der Spiegel of a video shot in hidden camera in 2017 where the boss of the FPÖ, an ally of the Italian Matteo Salvini and the French Marine Le Pen was ready to offer Austrian oligarchs a Russian oligarch in exchange for financial support........