Berlin, 2 December 2021 – “I’m not a saint e not even a criminal“, e Sebastian Kurz, the Wunderkind, the child prodigy, the Mozart of Austrian politics, announces withdrawal from politics, at only 35 he resigns from any position. Ten years for a quick career and ten weeks for the fall, from simple deputy to foreign minister, to Chancellor in 2017, at 31 years old became the youngest head of government in the world.
Sebastian Kurz, tall (1.86 meters), blond and blue eyes, elegant, adored by the ladies of his Vienna, the uncompromising European politician against the sins of the Latins, Spanish, Italians and Portuguese, in fact the leader of the Central European countries he led in the resistance against Brussels, he was overwhelmed by haste, by the ambition to conquer power without waiting, not very respectful of the laws, overwhelming his opponents and not very loyal to friends when they were no longer useful. Accused of corruption, forced to resign as Chancellor in mid-October, lost immunity in mid-November, and will soon have to appear before the judges, like an ordinary citizen. He also resigned as head of his party, the popular ÖVP, and as head of the fraction in Parliament.
“My decision did not nothing to do with the investigation, I am innocent, and I will prove it in court, he added, every day a politician has to make quick decisions, running the risk that someone is wrong. “That is to say, I made mistakes like everyone else, and not by my will.” felt controlled, looked at with suspicion, they chased me like a prey. And I lost my enthusiasm for politics … for ten years I put it above everything, but the birth of my son it made me understand that there are more important things “.
Kurz became a father on November 27. He has been linked since school with the blonde Susanne Thier, an economics teacher. Maybe he’ll marry her soon, she confided to friends, but the baby’s name is still secret. He passed a vote of no confidence two years ago, and the scandal that engulfed Karl Heinz Strache, the liberal leader, his ally in government (who fell into the trap of a young Russian, an actress, who offered him money for the party), but in September revelations about his illegal practices appeared in the press: he allegedly manipulated the polls in his favor, it appeared that voters only trusted him to save the country, a he would pay several newspapers for articles in his favor.
“In politics it is a normal practice”, he defended himself, but he had used public funds to buy advertising and journalists. And he blamed his collaborators and party officials, but thus lost the sympathies of public opinion. When the Finance raided his office, he realized he could not last long and resigned. His comrades had also turned their backs on him, in two months his ÖVP lost ten points, and was overtaken by the socialists, for the first time since 2017. It is unknown what the young Kurz wants to do in the private life, but he won’t have a hard time finding a well-paid job in some big business.
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