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EU council chief Tusk and chancellor Faymann in Vienna (Photo: Regina Aigner)

Faymann: 'Austria isn't a waiting room for Germany'

Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann on Tuesday (1 March) defended his controversial decision to tighten border controls, telling EU Council president Donald Tusk that “Austria is not a waiting room for Germany.”

Tusk was in Vienna on the first leg of a tour along the Western Balkan migratory route, in an effort to persuade leaders to take a common European approach to the crisis.

He spoke to Faymann after Austria, two weeks ago, said it would accept just 80 requests a day for as...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

EU council chief Tusk and chancellor Faymann in Vienna (Photo: Regina Aigner)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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