Shadowy Far-Right Fraternities ‘Infiltrating’ Austrian State, Ex-Chancellor Says
- Former Chancellor Kern makes claim in Vienna press conference
- Freedom Party leader dismisses ‘absurd conspiracy theories’
Photographer: Lisi Niesner/Bloomberg
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Austria’s new government is allowing secretive groups with links to the far right to exert control over powerful positions in the state, according to former Chancellor Christian Kern.
Kern told reporters that it was the job of his successor, Sebastian Kurz, to halt the creeping takeover by members of fraternities linked to the nationalist Freedom Party, the conservative chancellor’s coalition partner.