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The corruption investigations into Austria’s ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz and other politicians from the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) are causing problems the the current government. The Greens – who are in coalition with the ÖVP – have warned that the scandal is affecting cooperation between the two parties. “Of course, the coalition is burdened by the actions of the ÖVP and the persons who acted there, especially in the past,” said Green parliamentarian Nina Tomaselli on Wednesday. Incriminating statements by Kurz’s former close comrade-in-arms Thomas Schmid to the prosecutor’s…