“We Need to Pull Down the Iron Curtain in Our Heads“

More+Comment ♦ Published: October 24, 2013; 18:29 ♦ (Vindobona)

In an interview with Austrian daily “WirtschaftsBlatt“ Johannes Seiringer, Director of the Austrian office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) calls for incentives for enterprises to continue investing in CEE.

“We Need to Pull Down the Iron Curtain in Our Heads“ / Picture: © EBRD

Seiringer considers the path for Eastern and South Eastern European countries to be irreversible. He points out that there are regional differences in regard to politics and economy. While Poland, for instance, is more connected to the German and Scandinavian economic development, some Western Balkan countries still face political instabilities which will prevent major investments and…