Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak criticized the European Union’s decision to lift the sanctions it imposed on Austria after the extremist Freedom Party joined the country’s government in February. Barak said Tuesday the sanctions should continue as long as a party with “neo-fascist tendencies” remains in the government.
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