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Austria's Kurz wants to update EU's Lisbon Treaty
By EUobserver
Austria's conservative chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, suggested on Friday a far-reaching reform of the EU's Lisbon Treaty to include sanctions against members in debt, penalties for countries that do not register illegal immigrants, and consequences for violations of the rule of law. "We don't want to hand over the EU to the extreme fringes on the left or right, instead we need a strong politics of the centre," he said.