Austria’s New Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg Resigns After Just 2 Months

Austria’s New Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg Resigns After Just 2 Months
Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg talks at a press conference in Tulln, Austria, on Dec. 1, 2021. Lisa Leutner/AP Photo
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Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced on Thursday, just two months after taking office, that he will step down as chancellor as soon as his conservative People’s Party agrees on its next leader.

“I’m of the firm opinion that the two posts—head of government and leader of the party with the most votes in Austria—need to be quickly united in a single hand,” Schallenberg said in a statement.

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