There can be a political discussion, but not a legal one, it is up to Theresa May to say what the political solution is to get a majority on this agreement.

Sebastian Kurz

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For all these successes in the past two years I had to be ready to withstand a lot and also put up with a lot, from the rat poem to the proximity to radical right-wing groups and the 'isolated incidents' that kept coming back, there were many situations in which I found it very difficult to swallow all that.

After yesterday's video I honestly have to say - enough is enough.

These are shameful images, nobody should have to be ashamed of Austria.

We can now confirm that there was financial support and so a link between the New Zealand attacker and the Identitarian Movement in Austria.

Our position on this is very clear, no kind of extremism whatsoever - whether it's radical Islamists or right-wing extremist fanatics - has any place in our society.

China is a partner, but it is at the same time a competitor, it's crucial that there be fair trade conditions.

The deal we already have is a good one. I think there is also an understanding from Theresa May that there will be no new negotiation of the withdrawal agreement, but, of course... I think there will be some readiness from our side to maybe find some better explanation about the future relationship... There is also some room to have a better interpretation of what we agreed on.

We agreed ... that next week there will be a meeting of the German, Austrian and Italian interior ministers with the goal of taking measures to shut the Mediterranean route into Europe, to make sure that illegal immigration to Europe on this route is stopped.

Should this agreement become the German government's position, we see that as prompting us to take action to prevent negative consequences for Austria and its population.

Political Islam's parallel societies and radicalizing tendencies have no place in our country.

There has been a lot of movement in recent years. For example, the German position is now much closer to ours than it was two years ago, many states have moved in the right direction. Now we need a focus on proper protection of the external borders of the EU and not just the constant debate about the distribution of refugees within the European Union by quotas.

We have to fight with a massive loss of trust in the OSCE, first of all we need leadership ... This was the big challenge of the past few months, I might even say, years.

This is the proposal which we could politically agree upon today... (Russian) Foreign Minister (Sergei) Lavrov played a very constructive role.

This is simply unacceptable.

I have a seat and a vote in the (EU) foreign ministers' council. There the question is whether new negotiation chapters will be opened with Turkey, and I am against it.

The criteria for visa liberalization will not be fulfilled by Turkey. And the requirements for accession talks have not been met.

Turkey has for its part already declared that it does not want to fulfill all the criteria. As a result the migration deal will not last.

We want an Islam of the Austrian kind, and not one that is dominated by other countries.

Those who do not put clear limits on migration will soon start to feel like strangers in their own land.

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One big mistake of many politicians is to have no understanding for the real situation of people in their country.

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