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could also block e.u. sanctions against members of the bishop gradgrind. courts and the austrian freedom party see the autocratic flooding near putin mostly as a trade partner so they want to ease sanctions against russia can they want to allow more popular referendums possibly even on the euro and the e.u. itself does the election in austria represent a setback for europe. so let me get matthew carney and frank on the duel it out a bit now because your opening statements indicated rather contradictory views on what this means for the e.u. going forward so frank kaufman saw some potential for strengthening of core europe and you said you thought the austrian result could well halt the process of integration and halt mr macro push so perhaps matthew go first with that more pessimistic view and then we'll but you know that this is really the core question