Austria's EU accession 25 years ago, alongside Finland and Sweden, was preceded by an extended period of convergence … toward the EU: via the free trade agreement concluded with the EC in 1973, and the participation in the European Economic … Area (EEA) in 1994. Although the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 seems to overshadow the overall positive balance of 25 years of EU …

European Union has reached its limits. Drawing on the lessons of the Eurozone crisis and of Brexit, this chapter argues that … (treaty-based) variable geometry or differentiated integration in the core European Union (EU) institutions - especially … have to anchor EU integration. From an EU point of view, it does not make sense to accommodate member states' preferences …