Is the actual interview online somewhere? The Left party is one of those things you can freely make things up about and "respectable" journalistic outlets have been more than eager to run with right is left and left is right stories since there is journalism. Here from Reuters about Austria's new chancellor:
Austrian chancellor gambles on far right's populist tactics | Reuters -

Four months after he took over a coalition government stunned by the far-right Freedom Party's electoral success, Austria's new chancellor has taken a populist turn, adopting positions remarkably close to those of his anti-immigration rivals.

But Christian Kern's new tactics, on Turkey joining the European Union and a trade deal with Canada, have yet to erode the Freedom Party's lead in opinion polls. And trying to beat the anti-immigration party at its own game could backfire.

Note the lack of anti-immigration content in these positions he shares with anti-immigration populists to beat them at their anti-immigration game.