Austrian Chancellor Kurz Ousted After Nationalists Turn on Him
- Opposition teams up with Freedom Party Kurz dumped last week
- President to name caretaker government until September vote
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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was ousted on Monday after his erstwhile coalition partners in the nationalist Freedom Party joined the opposition in a vote to dismiss him.
It’s the first time since Austria was reconstituted after World War II that a chancellor has been thrown from office. It’s now up to President Alexander Van der Bellen to appoint a caretaker government until snap elections in September.