Mon Dec 6, 2021 – 6:30 pm EST
VIENNA, Austria (LifeSiteNews) – Karl Nehammer was sworn in Monday as the new chancellor of Austria amid chaos in the Austrian government and plans to mandate COVID vaccination for all residents.
Nehammer, who oversaw of the country’s draconian lockdown rules as interior minister, is Austria’s third chancellor in just two months, taking over from Alexander Schallenberg, who announced a vaccine mandate two weeks ago for residents 14 years old and up.
Schallenberg succeeded Sebastian Kurz in October after Kurz and top allies were implicated in a corruption investigation regarding alleged bribes for favorable media coverage, France 24 reported. Kurz has denied wrongdoing.
Kurz announced Thursday that he would also relinquish leadership of the center-right People’s Party (ÖVP), Austria’s dominant political party since 2017. Schallenberg resigned hours later, saying the chancellor should also be the ÖVP party leader – a position he would not seek.
The People’s Party nominated Nehammer to both posts Thursday.
#Austria‘s new chancellor @karlnehammer just announced: ‘No freedom without vaccination’.
This man has no idea what freedom means.
He wants a #policestate.#Resist#NoVaccineMandates
— Alexander Tschugguel (@ATschugguel) December 3, 2021
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