Lopatka: EU Enlargement Process of Western Balkans Decisive for Austria

People ♦ Published: October 31, 2013; 13:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

“Non-Enlargement” of Western Balkan states would be fatal for Austrian businesses operating in the region and the national economy.

Lopatka: EU Enlargement Process of Western Balkans Decisive for Austria / Picture: © Vindobona.org

“The Western Balkans are a central concern for the Austrian foreign policy. Together with our neighboring states Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as with Poland and the European Union we want to bring more vigor to the association negoatiations with the Western Balkan states,” State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Reinhold Lopatka said on the sidelines…