A leading Austrian social democrat steps after one Hunting trip with the insolvent real estate investor René Benko resigned from his political positions. Georg Dornauer announced his resignation in Innsbruck Retirement as Deputy Prime Minister and SPÖ regional party leader of Tyrol to. The hunting affair bursts into the difficult exploratory talks between the conservative ÖVP, the SPÖ and the liberal Neos about a future federal government.
The “Kronen Zeitung” had previously published a photo in which Dornauer posed with the controversial construction tycoon Benko in front of a killed deer. One of Dornauer’s hands rests on his antlers, and the politician wears a hat with a fir branch on his head as a symbol of the successful shooter.
Gun ban and relationship with right-wing Italian politician
The problem: Dornauer is banned from carrying weapons after he left his hunting weapon in a car with an open window in an airport garage a few years ago. Dornauer explained that he did not kill the deer and that the decorated hat did not belong to him. Party colleagues were not convinced by the explanations and called for his withdrawal.
Dornauer’s leisure activities are in… Contradiction to the tense economic situation in Austria and the line of SPÖ leader Andreas Bablerwho sees himself as an advocate for the socially disadvantaged.
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