Brexit: the extraordinary LH – conference Carinthian presidency on 13. March in Vienna

LH Kaiser will also welcome the EU Ministers Blümel and Ambassador Gregor Schusterschitz, the Austrian delegate in the EU-Council working group on BREXIT,

Klagenfurt (OTS) – The Brexit, the UK’s exit from the EU, and the possible impact on the population, as well as Austrian companies in the States and in the United Kingdom, is next Wednesday, 13. March, the subject of an extraordinary conference of the Austrian country the main people in Vienna. The current Chairman, Carinthia Governor Peter Kaiser, will be welcomed by not only his colleagues, but also the EU Minister Gernot Blümel and Ambassador Gregor Schusterschitz, the Austrian delegate in the EU-Council working group on BREXIT, for joint consultation.

„In the interest of our people and our economy, we should do everything in order to anticipate the potential impact in advance and to take appropriate measures,“ emphasizes Kaiser in the run-up to the conference. Among other things, it is a matter of questions need to be answered such as „What are the consequences of a child, or but a hard exit, for example, in the UK, living and working Austrians, which for us living in Austria and working at the end of the British, which for student travel and exchange programs such as Erasmus Plus, which for business driving, product safety and quality?“.

From a country perspective, especially in matters of the service are to be clarified, according to the Imperial law, of the basic transport, social rights (minimum social protection, equal opportunities, family support, employee support, housing assistance), the recognition of professional qualifications and of professional law. In addition, it was also negative financial consequences for the regions due to the elimination of great Britain as the second largest net contributor to the EU for Austria and the länder to prevent as best as possible.

The extraordinary regional conference will be held on 13. March beginning at 11.30 a.m. in the city hall of Vienna. Following a press conference with, among others, LH, Peter Kaiser and EU Minister Gernot Blümel is planned.

I N F O S:

From Brexit around three million EU citizens-citizens in the United Kingdom and around 1.5 million British men and women in the EU are affected. With 1. 7. 2018 Austrians abroad Austria lived from the 583.700 Abroad interior of 25,000 in the United Kingdom. In Carinthia were counted with 1.1.2018 606 persons with a nationality of „the United Kingdom“.

The United Kingdom is the second largest economy in the EU, and economically very closely with continental Europe, are intertwined. Economically, the Brexit. the British do more harm than the EU: Only about 6.5 percent of all EU exports destined for the United Kingdom, or only 3.8 percent of EU imports originate from the United Kingdom Conversely, around half of British foreign trade is with the EU (47.4% of exports to the EU, 50% of imports from the EU) (source: Austrian Federal economic chamber, EU-hot topic 10-2018; Comext database of EUROSTAT, 2016). The United Kingdom with annual imports to Austria of 2.47 billion euros (2017) and annual exports from Austria 3.9 billion Euro (2017) the neuntwichtigste trading partner of Austria for Goods (source: foreign economic center of Austria, London, November 2018).

What relates to Carinthia, the United Kingdom and exports, with 63 million Euro (Figures 1. Half of 2018) Numbers, far behind Germany (1,180 billion Euro; 1. Half of 2018) and USA (408 million euros; Figures 1. Half of 2018) 13. . Also in the case of imports to the province of Carinthia, the United Kingdom, is ranked, with 38 million Euro is not among the first ten countries, but only on the 17. Space (Figures 1. Half of the year 2018) (source: foreign trade statistics CHP 1. Half of 2018). However, it is important to note that, in particular, in the automotive sector many of the exports of Carinthia, the German automotive industry to the United Kingdom, so here, indirect effects are to be expected (source: CHPS). From Carinthia, mainly machinery and equipment as well as electrical equipment and wood products are exported (source: foreign trade statistics CHP 1. Half of 2018).

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