where it has been announced that snap elections will be held in early september president alexander venter beland made the declaration alongside chancellor sebastian clips after scandal brought down curtains far right coalition partner in a hidden camera video vice chancellor heinz christians appear to offer a new part of government contracts true woman posing as a russian oligarchs needs that's in exchange for her backing his party's election campaign. earlier we spoke to de w.'s barber of ezola and asked her whether voters are likely to punish chancellor kurtz's party at the ballot box for forming a coalition with the far right in the previous government so far the popularity of course has been splendid i mean he has done a very good job of selling himself as a reformer of austria off course the other parties here the opposition can stroll all those big promises back into his face now and say what have you achieved just a made just gamble and made to austria a laughing stock all over europe by by the publishing of these tapes the corruption and the typical austrian swamp that's been that has be