Austria celebrates 30 years of EU membership: a success for everyone!

Austria celebrates 30 years of EU membership: a success for everyone!

Austria faces an important anniversary: ​​In 2025, the 30th anniversary of the accession for the European Union (EU) is celebrated. An important milestone, because on June 12, 1994, an impressive 66.58 percent of the Austrian population voted for membership. This step has not only shaped the country sustainably, but also in particular the federal states, including Lower Austria, have significantly benefited, as Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) illustrates in her argument, so nön.at

Since joining in 1995, over 660 million euros have flowed into the regional funding of Lower Austria. These funds have made more than 6,000 projects possible, which led to a total investment volume of around four billion euros. As a result, 15,000 new jobs were created, while 50,000 existing jobs could be secured. Mikl-Leitner emphasizes that the agricultural area in particular benefited from over 12.5 billion euros in grants. These figures impressively demonstrate that EU membership for Lower Austria resulted not only a political but also sustainable economic growth, reported Noen.at

The support of the EU has made a decisive contribution to strengthening the economic basis in the region and shows how closely European cooperation is linked to the development of the individual federal states. On the 30th anniversary of the membership, the view will not only focus on the success, but also to the challenges that the future will bring.