Österreich ist seit 30 Jahren in der EU.
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On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Finland, Sweden, and Austria’s EU membership, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and his counterparts Elina Valtonen and Maria Malmer Stenergard have created a joint video.
The video is titled “United in Diversity” and the leitmotif is “Sachertorte, Sauna, and ABBA – Austria, Finland, and Sweden celebrate 30 years of European unity and diversity”. The multilingual message is: “The EU has brought us peace, security, and prosperity.”
Austria, Sweden, and Finland Celebrate 30 Years in the EU
The European Union is “indispensable from our daily lives,” Valtonen, Malmer Stenergard, and Schallenberg alternately share in their native languages Finnish, Swedish, and German. The video titled “United in Diversity” will be published on the channels of the Viennese Foreign Ministry on New Year’s Day, it was announced on Tuesday. It was already available on Youtube in advance:
It literally says: “Today we have every reason to celebrate: 30 years ago today, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the European Union. This was the beginning of a new journey in a free, democratic, and secure Europe. Since then, the EU has been our engine for prosperity and peace! As the world’s largest internal market, the EU has brought tangible benefits – for our societies, economies, and especially for each of us. We all have the freedom to live, study, work, and be economically active anywhere in the EU.”
EU as a “Guarantor of Peace and Security”
Furthermore, Valtonen, Malmer Stenergard, and Schallenberg share: “The EU is a guarantor of peace and security for us member states and in many ways a global role model. Conflicts around the world and in our immediate neighbourhood remind us that peace is not a given. In recent years, we as the EU have emerged stronger and more united from the many crises we faced. And we will continue to strive for a better Europe that has a strong voice in the world. Because only together as the European Union can we meet the challenges of our time! We are proud of our successes and ready to work on a common European future with new member states.”
At the end, special New Year’s greetings follow: “Whether Sachertorte, the Finnish sauna, or ABBA – we are united in diversity! And together we are better! Happy New Year! To all of you and the European Union!” The Foreign Ministry (BMEIA) had already announced a social media campaign in advance of the anniversary. In addition, the BMEIA and its representative bodies want to participate in various initiatives – also in cooperation with the EU institutions as well as Finland and Sweden, who joined the European Union on January 1, 1995, simultaneously with Austria. The aim is to show citizens the achievements of membership in terms of prosperity – such as the opportunities to live, work, and study anywhere in the EU.
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