The European Commission and the EU Member States, pushed by global realities, made an attempt in 2006 and 2007 to come …

opening, Austria's accession to the EU and its currency union, EU enlargement). With some of these steps occurring in parallel …, its effects have similarly overlapped. Eastern opening since 1989 and Austria's EU membership since 1995 (and its … some 100,000 to 150,000 new jobs. The EU enlargement of 2004 has similarly benefiting Austria more than other EU 15 …

towards a more centralised fiscal policy at EU/Euro area level within a new EMU economic governance. Besides the improvement …