Austria’s Freedom Party, fresh to government, vows to fight anti-Russian sanctions

The Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) will work to rescind anti-Russian sanctions as part of the new government, its leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, said. He added that ending the sanctions would benefit the whole of Europe.

Strache listed the lifting of the sanctions the EU imposed against Russia among other goals his party would like to achieve as part of the newly formed Austrian government, adding that it would defend its position at the EU level as well.

 “Yes, we would like these sanctions to be lifted,” he said, speaking to journalists at a joint press conference with the future Chancellor, leader of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (OVP), Sebastian Kurz.
 RT.COM
 17/12/17