Austria's former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (C) speaks to journalists as he leaves the court after his trial at the Regional Criminal Court of Vienna, Austria, on February 23, 2024, where his verdict has announced following a months-long trial for alleged false testimony. The Austrian court on February 23, 2024 ruled on the case of former chancellor Sebastian Kurz, once hailed as a 'wunderkind' of Europe's conservatives. Kurz has insisted he is innocent of having given false testimony to an inquiry probing wide-ranging corruption scandals that brought down his first government with the far-right in 2019. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
Er freue sich, vor Gericht seine Unschuld zu beweisen, tönte Sebastian Kurz im Sommer 2023, als die Anklage gegen ihn bekannt wurde.