A prominent Austrian opposition politician says he is giving up his seat in parliament amid allegations of sexual harassment.
A prominent Austrian lawmaker says he’s giving up his seat in parliament amid allegations of sexual harassment.
Peter Pilz, a former Green party parliamentarian who split away to form a new opposition party that won seats an election last month, was accused in comments published Saturday in the Falter newsweekly of groping a young woman at a 2013 conference.
The Austria Press Agency reported Saturday that Pilz told reporters he had no recollection of any such incident, but that he had fought for strict sexual harassment « and these standards also apply to me. »
Pilz rejected allegations that surfaced last week from a Green party member who also accused him of groping her. He says he is taking legal action.
The 63-year-old says he’ll continue to guide and support his new party.
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