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Radio Interview with the Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Published: January 21, 2019; 20:04 · (Vindobona)

Rosie MacLeod spoke to Michael Zimmermann, the new Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, about the presidency and Austria's place within the European Union more generally.

Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United Kingdom: H.E. Dr. Michael Zimmermann / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United Kingdom: H.E. Dr. Michael Zimmermann<small>© Wikimedia Commons / BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]</small>

Rosie MacLeod, East London Radio<small>© Rosie MacLeod</small>

Austria held the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second half of 2018.

In the October, and shortly before the torch was passed on to Romania, Rosie MacLeod spoke to the Austrian Ambassador to the UK, about the presidency and Austria's place within the EU more generally.

What emerges is a real affinity between the three nations who joined the EU in…

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