vienna austrian conservatives anti-immigrant freedom party fpo agree expand voter participation legislative matter coalition deal bring state close citizens party chiefs say saturday austria set become western european country far-right party government fpo heinz-christian strache sebastian kurz people party ovp strike coalition deal friday plan direct democracy rule referendums austrian membership european union model provide referendum ... contradict european law fundamental right constitution kurz say also clear vote memberships international organizations include european union introduction ways voters participate legislative process one fpo main condition also one difficult issue coalition negotiations austria around 8,000 signatures need currently initiate popular petition petition get 100,000 signatures must discuss parliament petition legally bind often result legislation fuel public debate future petition support 900,000 voters parliament support issue turn legally bind referendum kurz say news conference vienna strache present coalition program austrians vote proposal require comprehensive change constitution vote already mandatory kurz say two bind referendums post-1945 austria nuclear power referendum 1978 european union membership referendum 1994. history write initiative say strache europe swiss vote whereas germany yet hold nationwide referendum ireland italy european union countries referendums austria 's future government expand direct democracy