OeNB-SUERF workshop: 25 years of EU Northern Enlargement

This OeNB-SUERF workshop on the occasion of Austria’s, Finland’s and Sweden’s 25^th EU membership anniversary will be held online via Cisco Webex Meeting on September 21, 2020.

2020 marks the 25^th anniversary of the EU’s Northern enlargement, which, after several years of negotiations, made Austria, Finland and Sweden EU members on 1 January 1995. There is hardly any other step in foreign and economic policy for a European country in the 2^nd half of the 20^th (and in the 21^st) century that could be more far-reaching and important than EU membership. It is thus worth looking back on what EU membership has entailed for the three countries. The OeNB has prepared two volumes to study the issue in some detail. First, a special edition of Monetary Policy and the Economy, Q1-Q2/2020 contains a collection of analyses focusing on aspects pertaining primarily on Austria. Second, a collection of contributions covering perspectives from all three “Northern EU enlargement countries” are compiled in a conference volume.

This workshop, jointly organized by the OeNB and SUERF – The European Money and Finance Forum presents main findings from both volumes, in order to make the analysis known to a broader audience and in order to seek views and feedback from a wider public.

Date
Monday, September 21, 2020
01:45 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. (CET) 

Venue
Online via Cisco Webex