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Austrian government's No. 2 figure says he will step down
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Straits Times World is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 4 Oct 2026, 21:13 UTC. The headline in use is “Austrian government's No. 2 figure says he will step down”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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VIENNA, Oct 4 - Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler said on Sunday he would quit as the second-highest government official and as leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party next year, bowing to growing unrest within the party over its slide in opinion polls.
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