Quotes by Sebastian Kurz - Page 2

I think people are justifiably fed up of hearing migration talked about at the E.U. level but not seeing anything happen in practice.
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Fed Up
Migration
Fed
Talked
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It is important that we return to the principles of the Dublin agreement and help Greece with European funds to accommodate refugees.
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Accommodate
Agreement
Dublin
Greece
Principles
Funds
Refugees
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Between the summer of 2015 and spring 2016, Austria became one of the European countries most affected by the migration and refugee crisis.
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Austria
European Countries
Migration
Refugee
Spring
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What we want to do is to give all children and grandchildren of Holocaust victims the opportunity to become Austrian citizens if they want to.
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Grandchildren
Holocaust
Victims
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The Socialists did not want to work with us, so we created an alliance with the FPO, and we are making good policies of reform for our country.
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Alliance
Work Good Country
Policies
Socialists
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We need to shift our focus from the debates about redistributing refugees within the E.U. and should concentrate more on external border protection.
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Protection
External
Border
Debates
Refugees
Shift
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If people have the choice of where they settle in Europe, then we cannot be surprised that they choose to come over here in search of a better life.
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Better Life
Life Better People
Life Better Search
Search
Settle
We Cannot
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We all know that history cannot be undone. But let me assure you that we Austrians know that, because of our history, we have a great responsibility.
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Great Responsibility
Undone
Assure
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I am also integration minister and speak with many refugees. When I ask if they came with the goal of living in Greece or Poland, most of them answer "no."
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Goal
Integration
Speak
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If centrist parties face the challenges and start working for their people more efficiently, the ground for left- or right-wing populism will become less fertile.
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Fertile
Right Wing
Centrist
Efficiently
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We need a change of course in the European Union. The most important is the focus on the big questions and a European Union that steps back on the small questions.
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Big Questions
European Union
Focus
Steps
Course
Small
Union
The Most Important
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I can assure you that Austria will fight all forms of anti-Semitism in Europe with determination, be it still an existing one or also newly imported anti-Semitism.
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Anti Semitism
Austria
Determination
Assure
Existing
Imported
Newly
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We saw in Greece how dangerous it is if a country has a bigger and bigger debt, and I hope that we will not have a second Greece in our neighbouring country, Italy.
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Greece
Italy
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Many politicians are far removed from their own electorates and continue to make the mistake of ignoring their voters' problems because they live in their own world.
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Voters
Ignoring
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In Greece, refugees are being waved through to the heart of Europe. That is simply unacceptable in the long run. The European Union cannot act like a human trafficker.
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European Union
Greece
Act
Run
Simply
Long Run
Union
Refugees
Unacceptable
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We are also trying to fight successfully in the European Union against anti-Semitism. Because of Austria's history, it is, from my point of view, our obligation to do that.
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Anti Semitism
Austria
European Union
Obligation
Point Of View
Successfully
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We are not against immigration, but we want to have control on immigration. We want to decide who is allowed to come into Austria. We should not let human traffickers decide.
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Austria
Immigration
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We have to be honest and state that Nazis were involved in all Austrian parties after the Second World War: in the Freedom Party, in the Socialist Party, and also in my party.
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Second World War
Socialist
Socialist Party
War Freedom World
To Be Honest
World War
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In order to guarantee security in Europe, we need to strongly confront our defense policy in Europe. And we need a solution to our migration policy to secure the inner security of the E.U.
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Defense
Migration
Secure
Confront
Guarantee
Inner
Solution
Strongly
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There are no grounds for discrimination in Europe, regardless of whether on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, or religion. On the other hand, there is equally no place for radical thought and political Islam.
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Discrimination
Islam
Orientation
Equally
Grounds
Sexual
Regardless
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We have, thank God, a very good relationship with the German government. There were resentments, but they've been resolved. Germany is the strongest player and Angela Merkel is the strongest government leader in the EU.
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Good Relationship
Leader
Player
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The Brexit decision is a decision we see very negatively. But, of course, it has been taken by the British people, so now we have to find a way to deal with it, and from our point of view, it is important to avoid a hard Brexit.
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Point Of View
Brexit
British People
Negatively
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Every country in the E.U. should make a personnel and a financial contribution in that area. We shouldn't leave alone countries like Italy and Greece that have external borders; rather, we must make the external borders safe together.
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Borders
Contribution
Greece
Personnel
External
Italy
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We are who we are. People who are older have the advantage of more experience. But you don't have to despair just because you're young. If young age is the problem, you can take comfort in the fact that it gets better with each passing day.
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Despair
Get Better
People
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When I started in government, I said that children who come here should take German classes before they start regular classes so they can follow what the teachers say. I said it should be possible to be a believing Muslim and a proud Austrian at the same time.
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German
Believing
Classes
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We need sound political and economic relations with the United Kingdom, and I am very grateful to the European Union's lead negotiator, grateful to him for everything he has done. We will do our best to support him and also preserve the unity of the 27 in these matters.
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United Kingdom
Unity
Preserve
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When we look at the situation in the EU, we need to honestly admit that it desperately needs to develop further, that we need to strengthen it when it comes to the bigger questions - and allow member nations to make more decisions about the smaller questions themselves.
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Decision
Honestly
Situation
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In 2015, the majority of refugees and migrants reached the European Union through Greece. Greek authorities were overwhelmed by the sheer number of people arriving at their shores. But they did not stay there. They were waved through to Central Europe at an increasing pace.
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Arriving
European Union
Greece
Majority
Overwhelmed
Pace
Sheer
Authorities
Central
Number
Increasing
Union
Reached
Refugees
Shores
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There has at least been a serious effort on the Turkish side to prevent people from setting off for Europe. Recently, only about 100 people have been arriving in Greece per day. Last year, it was several thousand daily at times. This effort can, however, also very quickly dwindle.
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Effort
People
Serious
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We have religious freedom - which is important. But we want everyone in our country to respect our laws, and our laws on Islam say it is not acceptable to have influence abroad on the Muslim community in Austria, and it is not acceptable that Islamic organizations or imams are financed from abroad.
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Acceptable
Austria
Islam
Religious Freedom
Abroad
Financed
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We in Austria have always had lots of immigration. But when one starts, as happened in Europe last year, to open the borders and to transport people northwards as fast as possible, then of course it's not just Syrians who come. People from all around the world then see their chance to quickly come to Europe.
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Immigration
People
World
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The Turkey deal can only be Plan B. Plan A needs to be a strong Europe that is prepared to defend its external borders on its own. If we do not do that, then we are living in a Europe that is dependent - on other countries, and possibly even on personalities like President Erdogan. And dependency is dangerous.
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Country
Personality
Strong
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If we Europeans are not in a state to be able to solve the refugee crisis ourselves, if we only depend on Plan B with Turkey - then that is not simply an impression, it is the truth. But Europe cannot be susceptible to blackmail or be weak. I am, in any case, not in favor of having a deal with Turkey at any price.
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Crisis
Impression
Weak
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Austria used to see itself as the first victim of National Socialism. That is certainly true for all those who fought in the resistance, whom we cannot thank enough, and who will always be shining examples. But... the ones who stood in such great numbers and celebrated in March 1938 in Heroes' Square were no victims.
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Austria
March
Numbers
Resistance
Shining
Socialism
Victim
Great Always Enough
Great Always Will
Heroes
Celebrated
Certainly
Great Enough Always
Itself
Examples
Fought
National
Square
Stood
Thank
Victims
We Cannot
Whom
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I have gotten the sense that developments when it comes to human rights are very alarming. In the long term, it needs to be in our interest to have a Turkey in which human rights are respected. Anything else would mean destabilization right on our border. If we look away, the developments in Turkey will constantly get worse.
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Human Rights
Long
Mean
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I would like to have a Europe that has a strong foreign and defense policy, ensures economic growth and is active in addressing the issues of the refugee crisis. But perhaps not one that imposes new regulations on allergens that requires food menus to be changed everywhere. When that happens, it creates the feeling that the wrong priorities are being set.
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Feelings
Priorities
Strong
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I am aware of the responsibility I am taking on as the chancellor. Things have developed very quickly for me in recent years, but they didn't happen from one day to the next. I have more than six years of experience in government. I took the decision to run as a candidate very seriously. In May, I decided to change the Austrian People's Party and to start a broad-based movement aimed at changing this country for the better.
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Running
Country
Party
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We are neither a regional power nor are the Balkans our sphere of influence. These are self-confident countries. We should be particularly thankful to Macedonia, a country that has taken on a very difficult task without profiting from it. Quite to the contrary: Instead of praise, there was criticism from the international media. The reason for our decision was that we were being massively overstretched - we had to stop the influx. Whether that also had a positive impact in Germany, that judgment must be made there.
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Country
Decision
Taken
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