Austrian ex-chancellor Kurz on trial for ‘making false statements to inquiry’

Austrian former chancellor Sebastian Kurz has gone on trial accused of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government (Heinz-Peter Bader/AP)

Austrian former chancellor Sebastian Kurz has gone on trial accused of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government.

Once a rising star among conservatives in Europe, Kurz resigned in 2021 amid a separate corruption probe and has since left politics.