 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa9 Kubvumbi 2016 zvakaziviswa kuti Sobotka aizotsiva Johanna Mikl-Leitner saGurukota rezvemukati meAustria. Akatora chinzvimbo ichi musi wa 21 Kubvumbi, panguva iyo Mikl-Leitner akatora chinzvimbo chaSobotka muhurumende yenyika yeLower Austria. SaGurukota rezvemukati menyika, Sobotka akakurudzirwa kutevera mutemo wakaomarara wekupotera uye kuwedzera masimba emapurisa. Pashure pemhirizhonga pamusangano weG20 muHamburg, akada kuwedzera kuomesa kodzero yekuratidzira. Achitaura nezvekuwedzera kwemhosva, akada kuti nhamba yevanotsvaka hupoteri vanobvumirwa kupinda muAustria ideredzwe. Muna 2017, Sobotka akapa chikumbiro chemitemo yekuchengetedza iyo yaizopa mapurisa mukana wekuona makamera ekuongorora pazvitima, migwagwa mikuru, uye Vienna metro uye izvo zvaizovatendera kuti vatarise kutaurirana kwemazuva ano pamhepo kana zvichidikanwa. Chikumbiro chacho, zvisinei, chakakundikana nemhaka yokushorwa neSocial Democrats SPÖ. 