Taking money in taxes and paying it straight back in subsidies is wrong.
— Sebastian Kurz
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.
We have a problem with political Islam in Austria.
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.
Luckily, Europe, step by step, recognised that these mass refugee movements to Europe cannot work.
What every generation must do is try to make Europe better than it was in the past.
Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone.
I see myself as a go-to person for immigrants.
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.
Austria is a very export-oriented country.
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.
It is important that we return to the principles of the Dublin agreement and help Greece with European funds to accommodate refugees.
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.
We need to shift our focus from the debates about redistributing refugees within the E.U. and should concentrate more on external border protection.
The most important thing is that Europe has to remain united.
Lots of migrants live in our country, and they make a significant contribution to our economy.
The European Union is not only a great idea, but it's also an idea we must keep working on.
The right way is not necessarily the easy one.
Remembering in an honest way means admitting the truth.
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.
Those who do not put clear limits on migration will soon start to feel like strangers in their own land.
Stopping and returning illegal migrants to their countries of origin must become standard procedure.
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.
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.
There is no doubt that our government is pro-European.
Our companies are active worldwide. I don't detect globalisation angst among them.
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.
A Europe without internal borders can only exist if it has functioning external borders.
We want Austrian-style Islam, not one controlled by other states.
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.
We are not a superpower like the U.S. We are a small and neutral country.
Between the summer of 2015 and spring 2016, Austria became one of the European countries most affected by the migration and refugee crisis.
