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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wanted to justify himself when he was criticized by the media, and the moderator immediately rebuked him.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz caught an uproar in front of cameras on Wednesday night. On the Austrian Broadcasting (ORF) TV show “Zib 2”, the head of government wanted to defend previously broadcast entry restrictions for returning travelers. Moderator Armin Wolf spoke to Kurz about his statement that people from the Western Balkans in particular had brought the virus into the country and interrupted the Chancellor: “Mr. Chancellor, I don’t like to interrupt you, but that’s not true.”
Kurz had justified the enactment of the travel restrictions at a press conference with the fact that “for returning travelers, and in particular also for people who have spent the summer in their home countries,” “infections have returned to the country. ” He mentioned in particular those arriving from the Western Balkans.
The chancellor was later harshly criticized in the Austrian media. The Vienna newspaper “Die Presse”, for example, accused Kurz of “creating scapegoats”. Wolf pointed out to Kurz that two-thirds of the infections occurred in Germany during the summer, and that the returnees were not a justification for the very high incidence of infections since then. In addition, the moderator of the ORF pointed out to the Foreign Minister the indignation among people with migratory backgrounds in the country, which had triggered his statement.
However, Kurz tried to justify himself. “It is not at all about the question of nationality. It is not about the question of origin at all,” he said. But Wolf cut him off. When Kurz asked to finish speaking, the reporter said, “Please don’t do it, because what you’re saying is wrong.” The moderator received a lot of praise for it on the Internet.
