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What the upcoming U-committees will be about

The first of two committees starts on Wednesday.

(Bild: APA/HERBERT NEUBAUER)

Committees of inquiry have been on everyone's lips again, and not just since the verdict against the young former chancellor Sebastian Kurz. In the coming weeks, two more controversial committees will be launched, which will shape the election campaign that is slowly beginning. Before the next scandals come to light and any legal action is taken, the "Krone" has taken a look at what the committees are really about.

Abuse of power, ministries and billionaires. The forthcoming two committees of inquiry have it all. Both will shape the election campaign that begins at the same time. Both deal with some of the same cases - but probably from different political perspectives.