“Austria’s interests are best represented in a competitive EU”

Politics ♦ Published: February 14, 2013; 14:04 ♦ (Vindobona)

State Secretary Lopatka underlines the necessity of maintaining competitiveness in the EU.

“Austria’s interests are best represented in a competitive EU” / Picture: © Vindobona.org

“In the European Union, we live in an area of peace and prosperity. Up until WWII, the European nations had confronted each other on the battlefield time and time again. Today, we are working out solutions together at the negotiating table, as shown by the Brussels summit in which the heads of state and government have hammered out the next EU budget for 2014-2020”, emphasised State…