Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā o te raruraru manene 2015
, I whakahaerehia e Kern te kawe i nga rau mano manene mai i te "ara o Balkan" puta noa i te whenua. E kiia ana ko ia he kaitautoko mo te kaupapa here manene a te Tiamana Chancellor Angela Merkel. Ko te kaihautū uniana nui o Austrian, ko ia hoki te tumuaki o te kaunihera mahi a ÖBB i whakaahua i a Kern i te tau 2016 hei "te rangatira tuatahi o ÖBB e tu ana i te taha o ana kaimahi".