Christian Kern: After All, Departure from Politics

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: October 6, 2018; 14:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

The former SPÖ leader Christian Kern called to the SPÖ headquarters to quit his candidacy for the EU elections and to announce his farewell to politics. He is now indeed leaving politics and wants to return to the business world as a manager, or even to become an entrepreneur himself.

Christian Kern declared his decision to withdraw completely from politics / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation [CC BY-SA 2.0]

Christian Kern declared his decision to withdraw completely from politics on Saturday at noon.

At a press conference Kern announced that he did not want to run as a top candidate in the upcoming EU elections after all. Kern once again stressed the importance of the European elections for the future of Europe.

The former Chancellor did not want to comment on speculations as…