Quotes from Sebastian Kurz

Lots of migrants live in our country, and they make a significant contribution to our economy.

Integration is a give and take.

A Europe without internal borders can only exist if it has functioning external borders.

We have a problem with political Islam in Austria.

We want Austrian-style Islam, not one controlled by other states.

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.

I have always had excellent cooperation with the Jewish community in Austria.

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.

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.

Any restriction of press freedom is unacceptable.

Austria is unconditionally committed to the security of Israel and its citizens.

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.

Between the summer of 2015 and spring 2016, Austria became one of the European countries most affected by the migration and refugee crisis.

There is no doubt that our government is pro-European.

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.

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.

Stopping and returning illegal migrants to their countries of origin must become standard procedure.

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

As Foreign Minister, I worked to strengthen the cooperation with Israel, and now, as Chancellor, I have more opportunities do this.

Austria can only be strong if we are not just members of the European Union but also actively help to strengthen the European Union.

We strongly condemn all forms of anti-Semitism as well as any form of downplaying or denial of the Holocaust.

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.

A full body veil is hindering integration.

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.