- Title: 329 AT Ibiza investigation starts
- Date: 4th June 2020
- Description:Start of inquiry on "Ibiza video" that led to a political scandal in Austria The "Ibiza" investigation Committee started today the fourth of May, in the Austrian parliament. The "ibiza affair" was a political scandal in Austria involving Heinz-Christian Strache, the former vice chancellor of Austria and leader of the Freedom Party (FPÖ), and Johann Gudenus, a deputy leader of the Freedom Party. The scandal was triggered on 17 May 2019 by the publication of a secretly recorded video, which was commissioned by Iranian-born lawyer Ramin Mirfakhrai of a meeting in Ibiza, Spain, in July 2017, which appears to show the then opposition politicians Strache and Gudenus discussing their party's underhanded practices and intentions. In the video, both politicians appeared receptive to proposals by a woman calling herself Alyona Makarova, who was posing as a niece of Russian businessman Igor Makarov, discussing providing the FPÖ with positive news coverage in return for government contracts. Strache and Gudenus also hinted at corrupt political practices involving other wealthy donors to the FPÖ in Europe and elsewhere The scandal caused the collapse of the Austrian governing coalition on 18 May 2019 and the announcement of an early election. Former Vice Chancellor Strache will be questioned during the afternoon. Shotlist - MS Press - Papers are being carried into the room, labeling: Ibiza video , Strache Gudenus - VS Press leaving room - VS First Witness Florian Klenk (from newspaper “falter”) arriving, Klenk sitting - WS Press SOUNDBITE (German) Kai Jan Krainer, social democrats: It all started with the Ibiza Video. It showed a morality picture that there are obviously very rich people, billionaires, and influential people, who believe they can buy politics. They order themselves laws. - Press waiting outside
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:04/06/2020
- Decade: 2020s