Recordings have been shaking the country for thirteen years. An overview. The Ibiza video is still fondly remembered by everyone. Last week, a secret recording of Christian Pilnacek dominated politics. Top politicians have come across tape or video recordings several times. Here is an overview of the most spectacular waterfalls outside Ibiza.
Former ÖVP Interior Minister Ernst Strasser was killed in 2011 by a video of two journalists. The decoys had offered Strasser 100,000 euros if he would influence EU legislation on their behalf. The videos led to a prison sentence.
A tape recording caused a political earthquake in January 2010. The focus was on the Deputy Governor of Carinthia, Uwe Scheuch. The phrase ‘part of the game’ became synonymous with corruption.
Former Justice Department head Christian Pilnacek was admitted twice. 2019 during a staff meeting. The much-quoted term ‘daschlogn’ was then used. It was the beginning of the end of his career. The second recording followed in the summer of 2023, during which he settled the scores with the ÖVP.
Former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz also used this method. In the fall of 2021, immediately after his dismissal, he recorded a telephone conversation with Thomas Schmid. He used it to condemn Schmid as a liar.
A tape even played a role in the trial of Karl Heinz Grasser. Although the recording was never heard, witness Michael Ramprecht claimed that Grasser’s friend Ernst Karl Plech told him about a “setup” in the Buwog deal. Ramprecht took out everything as life insurance.
Source: Krone
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