Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Israel would reconsider its relationship with Austria if a far-right leader’s party becomes part of that country’s next government. Barak joined other world leaders, including Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, in condemning the possible participation of Jorg Haider’s Freedom Party in a coalition government.
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