Alpine Republic: Coalition Deal and Law-and Order-Agenda

alpine republic: At a joint news conference Saturday with Kurz to speak about the coalition deal, Strache said his party agreed to rule out a referendum on Austria leaving the European Union, according to CBC. The two men said they will also push for more relaxed relationship between the West and Russia. Kurz, 31, and Freedom Party FPO leader Heinz-Christian Strache, 48, announced their deal on Friday night, handing the far right a share of power for the third time in the Alpine republic, after more than a decade in opposition. Austrian vote gives mandate to far right to enter coalition talks Austria to erect 'technical barriers' to keep out refugees They presented details of a law-and order-agenda that includes Introducing minimum sentences for violent and sex crimes. Securing Austria's borders nationally to stop illegal immigration until the EU has secured external frontiers. Making fighting political Islam a priority. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.