Austrian president demands government restore trust

Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen speaks from his residence in Vienna (Lisa Leutner/AP)

Austria’s president has welcomed Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s resignation and demanded that the country’s politicians work hard to restore voters’ trust after several days of drama that have brought the government to the brink of collapse.

President Alexander Van der Bellen said he would swear in Alexander Schallenberg, currently Austria’s foreign minister, as chancellor on Monday.