Cut Le Pen link if you want to join government, Austrian leader tells far right

FILE PHOTO: Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mikhail Metzel/TASS/Host Photo Agency/Pool

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Chancellor Christian Kern said the Freedom Party (FPO) must leave the far-right faction in the European Parliament if it wants to enter a coalition government with his centre-left party.

Kern's Social Democratic Party (SPO) last week dropped a 30-year ban on allying with the anti-immigration FPO, but set broad conditions for any potential coalition partner to fulfil.