VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian far-right leader Heinz-Christian Strache is determined to stop the Alpine republic from bailing out poorer euro zone nations, even if it costs him a place in the next government.
Strache said his Freedom Party (FPO), long led by the late Joerg Haider, will not join a coalition after a September 29 parliamentary election unless there is a referendum on Austria's participation in the European Stability Mechanism, which provides rescue funds to backstop ailing euro zone members.
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