Austria swears in new chancellor after Kurz steps aside
ABC News
Austria has a new chancellor, two days after former leader Sebastian Kurz resigned amid corruption allegations
BERLIN -- Austria got a new chancellor on Monday, two days after former leader Sebastian Kurz resigned amid corruption allegations, but the direction of government policy was not expected to change.
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen swore in Alexander Schallenberg, the former foreign minister, as chancellor. Career diplomat Michael Linhart became the country's new foreign minister.
Schallenberg, 52, told reporters later Monday that he would do “everything to refill the trenches” caused by the recent government crisis and also “do everything in my power to serve our beautiful country of Austria.”
He also said he would continue to work closely with the conservative Kurz. Both share a hard line on immigration.
