Austria's EU Ambassador Resigns After Rumors of Sexist Blog

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: July 31, 2025; 23:48 ♦ (Vindobona)

The highest-ranking Austrian diplomat in Brussels, Thomas Oberreiter, has unexpectedly resigned from his post as Permanent Representative to the European Union. The reason for this is rumours about an explicit blog attributed to him. The diplomat denies the allegations but resigned to prevent damage to the Republic.

Austria's Permanent Representative to the European Union, Thomas Oberreiter, is leaving his post in Brussels early. / Picture: © Flickr / Dimitar Nikolov / [CC BY-SA 2.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)]

Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (Neos) confirmed Oberreiter's resignation, which he had submitted for personal reasons. According to a government spokesperson speaking to the news portal POLITICO, the foreign minister learned of…