“Costs of non-enlargement of the EU would be high”

Politics ♦ Published: January 22, 2013; 14:15 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austrian Foreign Ministry wants discussion about more involvement of EU citizens in EU policy.

“Costs of non-enlargement of the EU would be high” / Picture: © Vindobona.org

"The enlargement process of the European Union also needs to be pushed ahead under the Irish EU Presidency. I advocated this case at the informal council in Dublin today. Not least because the "costs of non-enlargement" have to be taken into consideration as well", State Secretary Reinhold Lopatka said.

"The year 2012 was highly important for the EU enlargement…