Press review

Press review about the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to my press review about the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache.

I was reading the article” Austria’s far-right vice chancellor resigns after video sparks corruption scandal” written by Andy Eckardt on Saturday the May 18^th and published on the internet website www.euronews.com. It deals with the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache.

I thought you might be interested in this article, because the next elections will take place on 26 May and Strache will no longer be eligible as Chancellor due to his speedy and short-term resignation.

Basically, the article states that he was illegally involved in a "political assassination" and allegedly showed a meeting between Strache, another party official and a woman who pretended to be the niece of a Russian oligarch in Ibiza.

The author mentions that the meeting took place months before the elections.

In it, Strache seems to tell the woman that she can expect lucrative construction contracts if she buys an Austrian newspaper and supports the Freedom Party.

What surprised me most was that Strache resigned so spontaneously before the elections and that he was politically involved in an illegal assassination.

It is also said that this video has obviously been taken illegally and therefore appropriate legal actions will be taken.

In my mind it is not surprising that such a video of Heinz Christian Strache exists as he has never been known to be a very reputable politician. However, the fact that this leak happened so shortly before the elections, although the video had been taken a long time ago, shows that whoever staged all of it wanted to damage Strache and the FPÖ (freedom party of Austria) as much as possible.

What do you think about Strache's exit and what do you think will be the impact on the upcoming election?

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Vice-Chancellor	Vizekanzler
sparks	auslösen
eligible	geeignet
due	Anteil
assassination	Attentat
allegedly	angeblich
lucrative construction contracts	Lukrativer Bauauftrag
Appropriate	angemessen
leak	Abzweig

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European Parliament

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Today I'm going to tell you something About the European Parliament. 

The European Parliament is the Parliament of the European Union. The European Union is a federation of states, an association of European states. This club has a parliament, which is a meeting of 751 people who can pass laws. Laws are important rules that the member states of the European Union must adhere to.

Who votes for the European Parliament?
Every five years there is a European election. Some Members of Parliament may lose their seat there. Some of them are elected again, others not. In this way, new deputy keeps coming to Parliament.
All citizens in a state that is a member state of the European Union are allowed to vote. The exact rules are different from state to state. Each voter gets a piece of paper on which he can tick the party he/she likes. The more voters vote for a party, the more members of parliament they get.

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In total, the European Parliament has 751 members. They come from the 28 countries that make up the European Union. Each meet in a building in the French city of Strasbourg. Parliament elects a president who takes care that the meetings are going well.

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Yours

Andi!