Treichl: Austria Should Cooperate with CEE Countries

PeopleOther ♦ Published: November 16, 2012; 22:29 ♦ (Vindobona)

Erste Group´s CEO Andreas Treichl thinks that CEE countries and Austria should create a model region in Europe like the Scandinavian countries did.

Treichl: Austria Should Cooperate with CEE Countries / Picture: © Erste Group / Andi Bruckner

In an interview with the Austrian newspaper “Presse”, Treichl argues that Austria could act as mediator in the Eurozone. Treichl explains that the current troubles of the Eurozone must not split Europe. “This would be disadvantageous for Austria.” Together with Slovakia, Austria could prevent that non-Eurozone countries like the Czech Republic are cut off from the Eurozone. The…