![Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg attends a press conference during a meeting of Foreign Minister of Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Luxemboug and Liechtenstein on April 16, 2021 in Lugano. - The talks focused on the Covid-19, the science diplomacy as part of the digital foreign policy, as well as international issues and current European policy. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20schallenberg%207.jpg.transform/hero-mobile/493c29c5e7f1926eb3c36cd0f28ab01475f3b690/img.jpg)
Austria, chi è Alexander Schallenberg, il nuovo cancelliere che ha sostituito Kurz
Era stato proposto direttamente dall'ex leader austriaco prima delle dimissioni. Oggi è arrivato il giuramento. Considerato un intransigente, in particolare quando si discute di politica migratoria
![1345985594 VIENNA, AUSTRIA - OCTOBER 11: Alexander Schallenberg, previously Austrian foreign minister, receives his inauguration papers from Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Austrian chancellor and the new Austrian foreign minister on October 11, 2021 in Vienna, Austria. Schallenberg is taking over following the sudden resignation of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz over the weekend as a consequence of a police investigation into possible illegal activities by Kurz and his campaign team in 2016. (Photo by Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20schallenberg.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/1027997e8a122516d8c0fe0bd4f10795117bedf8/img.jpg)
Alexander Schallenberg ha giurato da nuovo cancelliere austriaco oggi 11 ottobre alla Hofburg con la formula di rito davanti al presidente della Repubblica Alexander Van der Bellen. Il nuovo ministro degli Esteri, che prenderà il suo posto, è Michael Linhart. "Porterò avanti la strada intrapresa con successo del governo Kurz - ha specificato - la pandemia, la ripresa economica, il bilancio e la riforma fiscale ecosociale"
![1234768315 A refugee is seen reading a Koran on 20 August, 2021 in Usnarz Gorny, Poland. Around 32 Afghan citizens are being held in place on the border by Polish border guards and Belarusian forces. The refugees are now pawns in a game between Lukashenko's regime who is expelling them forcefully over the border in retlation for EU sanctions and the Polish government which says it will protect Poland from illegal migrants.In the last weeks Belarusian authorities have been pushing an increasing number of refugees, mainly from Iraq over the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20migranti.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/67933e36d2399c9512c16b7a1a3e16b8a7eef4e8/img.jpg)
Quando i Verdi, dal 7 gennaio 2020 al governo con i Popolari, avevano chiesto l'ammissione dei rifugiati dal campo bruciato sull'isola greca di Lesbo, Schallenberg disse che "gridare alla distribuzione non può essere la soluzione"
Nella giornata di oggi altri migranti in fuga![1235816711 A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Monday October 11, 2021. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20rifugiati.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/35c87f49265cff50e5078e98d3eafa18dc3e20e1/img.jpg)
Ma non è stata la sua unica dichiarazione in tal senso. Quest'estate aveva affermato che il personale locale delle missioni dell'Ue in Afghanistan doveva essere evacuato nei Paesi vicini piuttosto che in Europa
![1234859099 VIENNA, AUSTRIA - AUGUST 25, 2021: Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg looks on during a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria. Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS (Photo by Russian Foreign Ministry\TASS via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20schallenberg%206.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/291e4467a77e682ed6e14b7a5c34359fc874b836/img.jpg)
Inoltre Schallenberg sostiene l'allargamento dell'Unione Europea nei Balcani occidentali per porre fine all'influenza in quella regione di potenze come Russia e, soprattutto, Cina
Intanto un noto politico italiano stringe rapporti con un'azienda russa![AUSTRIA GOVERNMENT INAUGURATION epa09518549 New Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg delivers his first statement at the Austrian Chancellery in Vienna, Austria, 11 October 2021. Chancellor Kurz had declared his resignation on 09 October. EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/austria.jfif.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/e0622b4a4d5aa183922aa03529ca86d25f88d35e/img.jpg)
Il cancelliere, da sempre vicino a Kurz e al Partito popolare austriaco, ha maturato capacità di negoziazione a livello internazionale nel corso della sua carriera politica
![1235789266 FILE: Sebastian Kurz, Austria's chancellor, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Kurz resigned on Oct. 9, 2021 as Austria's chancellor in the face of corruption allegations. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20kurz.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/c8ab89e00ee54b1a8027e34101829f70cc6cf515/img.jpg)
Schallenberg, il sedicesimo cancelliere dal dopoguerra a oggi, era stato proposto come successore direttamente da Sebastian Kurz. L'ormai ex capo del governo si è dimesso sabato 9 ottobre a seguito dello scandalo per corruzione che lo ha travolto. Il nuovo cancelliera, in una delle sue prime dichiarazioni ha sottolineato: "Sono convinto che le accuse contro Sebastian Kurz sono false e che questo sarà dimostrato"
L'ascesa e la crisi di Sebastian Kurz![1232338389 Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg attends a press conference during a meeting of Foreign Minister of Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Luxemboug and Liechtenstein on April 16, 2021 in Lugano. - The talks focused on the Covid-19, the science diplomacy as part of the digital foreign policy, as well as international issues and current European policy. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20schallenberg%207.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/493c29c5e7f1926eb3c36cd0f28ab01475f3b690/img.jpg)
Figlio di un diplomatico, Alexander è cresciuto in India, Spagna e Francia. Schallenberg utilizza spesso le frasi in lingua francese nelle conversazioni rafforzando l'estro di un diplomatico della vecchia scuola
![1235455979 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Austrias Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly remotely at U.N. headquarters on September 23, 2021 in New York City. More than 100 heads of state or government are attending the session in person, although the size of delegations are smaller due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Mary Altaffer-Pool/Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/getty%20-%20schallenberg%202.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/06236b5c7fd167739f70760a820fce6d5d6b0c0f/img.jpg)
Laureato in giurisprudenza all'Università di Vienna e a Parigi, Schallenberg aveva ricoperto il ruolo di portavoce del ministero degli Esteri (nel 2009 del ministro Spinedelegger) e, quando Kurz divenne ministro, lo nominò suo stratega
![AUSTRIA GOVERNMENT KURZ RESIGNATION epa09515395 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz leaves after announcing his resignation during a press conference at the Chancellery in Vienna, Austria, 09 October 2021. Austrian Chancellor Kurz announced his resignation from the post on 09 October after The Austrian Economic and Corruption Prosecutor's Office (WKStA) has announced that it is investigating against Austrian Chancellor Kurz and nine other defendants on suspicion of embezzlement, bribery and corruption. EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/10/11/alexander-schallenberg-cancelliere-austria/kurz.jfif.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/a7cf703f3458d750151cd5a44329e2dfae5419a7/img.jpg)
L'ex capo del governo austriaco ha assicurato piena collaborazione al suo successore, specificando: "Non sono un cancelliere ombra. Sosterrò il governo come capogruppo e segretario del partito per il meglio dei nostri cittadini"