Vienna court clears former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of false statement charges

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Vienna court clears former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of false statement charges  Kurz was cleared on Monday of a suspended eight-month jail sentence for allegedly giving false testimony to a parliamentary inquiry last year.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/26/vienna-court-clears-former-chancellor-sebastian-kurz-of-false-statement-charges  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:01Austria's former Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz

00:05arriving at an appeals court in Vienna on Monday.

00:07And there was good news for him as the judges overturned last year's conviction

00:11for giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee.

00:15That verdict followed a four-month hearing

00:17and was the first time in more than 30 years that a former Austrian Chancellor had stood trial.

00:22Kurz has denied any wrongdoing.

00:24Zahlreiche Gerichtstermine gegeben ein Unmaß an Auseinandersetzung mit diesen Vorwürfen.

00:33Ich glaube, Sie haben alle mitverfolgt, wie sehr das zelebriert worden ist

00:38und dass das jetzt alles in sich zusammengefallen ist.

00:41Es ist das rausgekommen, was ich immer gesagt habe,

00:44nämlich dass ich im Untersuchungsausschuss nicht die Unwahrheit gesagt habe

00:48und trotzdem haben die letzten Jahre so stattgefunden, wie sie stattgefunden haben.

00:53The overturning of his perjury conviction and his eight-month suspended prison sentence

00:58removed Kurz's only criminal conviction,

01:00a key obstacle to a potential political comeback.

01:04But prosecutors still have to decide whether to charge him

01:07over potential corruption-related offences

01:09in a separate investigation that forced him from office in 2021.

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