In October of 1995, the Austrian federal government was not able to agree on a budget proposal for 1996; as a result, the coalition government broke up, and general elections were called for December 1995. A provisional budget will be in effect until the late winter or spring of 1996 when it might...

The extent of the economic benefits brought about by the EU's eastern enlargement will depend crucially on political factors: the kinds of institutional reform the EU has instituted up to that time, the balancing of conflicting interests between those who gain from the enlargement and those who...

Am 1. Mai 2004 wird die Europäische Union um zehn Mitgliedsländer erweitert. Wäre das Wort nicht so abgegriffen, würde man nicht zögern, dieses Datum als historisch bezeichnen. Die Erweiterung 2004 schafft einen politischen und wirtschaftlichen Raum, den es in diesem Umfang in der...