Austria: Ex-Chancellor Kurz acquitted of perjury conviction – DW – 05/26/2025
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An Austrian court on Monday overturned former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's conviction for giving false testimony to a parliamentary inquiry.
"Sebastian Kurz... is acquitted," a three-member panel of judges said.
Kurz was once a rising star among European conservatives and twice headed a governing coalition in Austria.
Kurz resigned as chancellor in 2021.
He had headed the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), governing in coalition with the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) from 2017-2019 and later with the environmentalist Greens from 2020-2021.
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