Austrian People's party promises to ban far-right Identitarians

Centre-right MPs say the policy must be part of any coalition agreement after September's elections

Austria's centre-right People's party has said it will insist on the banning of the far-right Identitarian Movement as a condition of any coalition after parliamentary elections next month.

Such a ban "must be in the next coalition agreement," the People's party (OeVP) parliamentary group leader August Woeginger said in a statement released to Austrian media.