Future of the EU Requires Solidarity And Integration

People ♦ Published: March 15, 2013; 23:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

The EU has declared the year 2013 to be the “year of citizens”. The citizens of the EU should become aware of their European identity and their rights that come along with it.

Future of the EU Requires Solidarity And Integration / Picture: © Flickr / Multimedia-Blog Brundespraesident.in's

On March 10, a discussion took place in the Burgtheater in Vienna with Austrian president Heinz Fischer, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, chief editor of the Austrian daily newspaper “Der Standard” Alexandra Föderl-Schmied, chief editor of the swiss “Weltwoche” Roger Köppel and EU Regional Policy commissoner Johannes Hahn. The forum was organized by Austria’s Institute…