WKÖ: No EU Interference in Tariff Negotiations

People ♦ Published: March 22, 2011; 01:36 ♦ (Vindobona)

The President of the Austrian Economic Chamber expects no interference from Brussels in domestic collective agreement negotiations.

WKÖ: No EU Interference in Tariff Negotiations / Picture: © Wirtschaftsbund / Christoph Leitl

Additional charges and new taxes for domestic and European companies are strictly rejected by the Austrian Economic Chamber. "But we need clear rules, as the recently increased state debts may be contained again in the euro countries to ensure stability and growth," declares Chamber President Christoph Leitl on the euro-competition pact. For example, considerations to introduce a…