{"id":3327,"date":"2014-04-23T17:28:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T17:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/der-dreizehnte-stern-wie-a-sterreich-zur-eu-kam"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:18:06","slug":"the-thirteenth-star-how-austria-joined-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/der-dreizehnte-stern-wie-a-sterreich-zur-eu-kam","title":{"rendered":"THE THIRTEENTH STAR. HOW AUSTRIA JOINED THE EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kopeinig.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" alt=\"The thirteenth star\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/150;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kopeinig.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Kopeinig-16x12.jpg 16w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>On 1 January 1995, Austria becomes a member of the EU. After the State Treaty of 1955, accession is one of the most politically and economically important events in Austrian history and the most courageous decision of the Second Republic. The facts are well known, but what lay behind the years of preparations, what traps were set, what hurdles had to be overcome and how was Austria prepared? What happened during the accession negotiations is as exciting as a political thriller. 20 years on, the European journalist Margaretha Kopeinig describes the rapprochement with the EU and gives the most important players from back then a chance to have their say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Einladung_Kopeinig.pdf\">Invitation<\/a><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am 1. 1. 1995 ist es so weit: &Ouml;sterreich wird EU-Mitglied. Der Beitritt z&auml;hlt &ndash; nach dem Staatsvertrag 1955 &ndash; zum politisch wie &ouml;konomisch wichtigsten Ereignis der &ouml;sterreichischen Zeitgeschichte und zur mutigsten Entscheidung der Zweiten Republik. Die Fakten sind bekannt, doch was verbarg sich hinter den jahrelangen Vorbereitungen, welche Fallen wurden gestellt, welche H&uuml;rden mussten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3328,"template":"","format":[29],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[],"class_list":["post-3327","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","format-podiumsdiskussion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DER DREIZEHNTE STERN. 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