TY - UNPB
T1 - Austria's approach towards the European Union
AU - Breuss, Fritz
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - ... In my contribution I will tell in short the long story how Austria approached the European Union (EU). For other EU applicants this may not serve as a model blueprint, but it shows the particular problems a country has to tackle with when engaging to become a member of Europe's mightiest economic powers. Austria's roads to Europe were by no means straight. In contrast, we made many roundabouts and sidesteps. This, however, is not a problem unique to Austria. The double-trackedness of European integration in the sixties (EC versus EFTA integration) has caused enormous frictions and ineffiencies which resulted in a sub-optimal growth process in Europe and unused welfare potentials. In the case of Austria one can demonstrate that the splitting of integration in Europe was not very helpful for Austria's economic development. (excerpt)
AB - ... In my contribution I will tell in short the long story how Austria approached the European Union (EU). For other EU applicants this may not serve as a model blueprint, but it shows the particular problems a country has to tackle with when engaging to become a member of Europe's mightiest economic powers. Austria's roads to Europe were by no means straight. In contrast, we made many roundabouts and sidesteps. This, however, is not a problem unique to Austria. The double-trackedness of European integration in the sixties (EC versus EFTA integration) has caused enormous frictions and ineffiencies which resulted in a sub-optimal growth process in Europe and unused welfare potentials. In the case of Austria one can demonstrate that the splitting of integration in Europe was not very helpful for Austria's economic development. (excerpt)
U2 - 10.57938/b305d02f-93e0-4693-b0a6-f49f2eeae8ea
DO - 10.57938/b305d02f-93e0-4693-b0a6-f49f2eeae8ea
M3 - WU Working Paper
T3 - EI Working Papers / Europainstitut
BT - Austria's approach towards the European Union
PB - Forschungsinstitut für Europafragen, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
CY - Vienna
ER -