On Monday 18 December, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, congratulated the new Austrian Chancellor, Sebastient Kurz, on the formation of a government with the far-right party, the FPÖ, which has been given important ministries such as the foreign office and defence, and whose leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, occupies the post of Vice Chancellor. The new government’s programme will focus on combating illegal immigration and programmes for the compulsory relocation of...