World News: ‘I am emancipated enough’, Austrian leader says after Kurz tweets for him – Gulf Digital News

World News: ‘I am emancipated enough’, Austrian leader says after Kurz tweets for him – Gulf Digital News

VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg, ridiculed by critics as a mere pawn of his predecessor Sebastian Kurz, said on Thursday he is "emancipated enough" after a message of his was mistakenly sent instead from Kurz's Twitter account.

Kurz stepped down on Saturday at the behest of his junior coalition partner, the Greens, after prosecutors placed him and nine others including several senior aides under investigation on suspicion of corruption offences.

Kurz, who denies wrongdoing, remains leader of his party and is now also its top lawmaker. Opposition parties say Schallenberg, a career diplomat and close Kurz ally, is little more than Kurz's puppet and Kurz is "chancellor in she shadows".