Austria set for first female chancellor
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Austria鈥檚 president has picked the female president of the Constitutional Court to become interim chancellor after parliament voted Sebastian Kurz鈥檚 government out of office in the wake of a video sting scandal.
Brigitte Bierlein, who is due to reach the court鈥檚 mandatory retirement age of 70 this year, will be tasked with putting together a cabinet that will have parliament鈥檚 backing until the next election, expected in September.
She will be Austria鈥檚 first female chancellor.
鈥淭he most important goal is currently to contribute to greater calm and to building trust between all (political) sides ... in Austria, in Europe and in the whole world,鈥 Bierlein said in remarks to the media with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen yesterday.
Van der Bellen鈥檚 pick is what had been expected 鈥 a veteran civil servant not involved in day-to-day politics 鈥 though many judges are close to a party and Kurz鈥檚 right-wing coalition government proposed Bierlein as the court鈥檚 chief.
He said he and Bierlein, whom he plans to formally appoint along with her cabinet soon, had agreed to pick mainly civil servants as ministers. Bierlein has chosen Alexander Schallenberg, diplomat who worked as a senior official in Kurz鈥檚 office, as foreign minister.
鈥淚n the coming months we will, no doubt, not see any big, lasting legislative initiatives,鈥 Van der Bellen said.
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