Anonymous ID: e4b8fe Oct. 9, 2021, 6:14 p.m. No.14756197   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/austrias-kurz-says-stepping-down-chancellor-2021-10-09/

Austria's Kurz steps down over corruption probe to save coalition

Austria's conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned on Saturday to pull his coalition government back from the brink of collapse after the junior party demanded his head because he has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption.

Anonymous ID: e4b8fe Oct. 9, 2021, 6:15 p.m. No.14756208   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-election-communists-idUKKBN2GZ0HW

Czech voters oust communists from parliament for first time since 1948

In this week's election here, the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia took 3.62% of the votes with nearly all precincts reporting, less than the 5% needed to enter parliament and potentially marking a final chapter for a party that has gradually shrunk as its ageing membership dwindled.

โ€œIt pleases me, it pleases me a lot,โ€ Jiri Gruntorad, 69, a former dissident who signed the dissident Charter 77 statement and was jailed for subversion from 1981 to 1985 by the communist authorities, told Reuters. โ€œBut itโ€™s coming too late.โ€

โ€œIt was one of the last communist parties in the world apart from the Chinese and Cuban ones that held on to its name. The others have at least renamed themselves and started behaving a little differently.โ€