Austria and the introduction of the euro
Jörg Haider during a special sitting of the National Council on the euro (Vienna, 19 November 1997)
BildOn 19 November 1997, during a special sitting of the Austrian Parliament on the euro, Jörg Haider, MP and Leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), speaks out against the dangers of the single European currency.
Austrian sausage seller displaying prices in euros and in schillings (Vienna, 19 August 1997)
BildIn August 1997, this Viennese sausage-stand owner uses a dual display system for prices in euros and in schillings in order to prepare his customers for the introduction of the future single European currency, the euro.
Wolfgang Schüssel and Karl Liebscher present the Euro Cash-Box (Vienna, 11 December 2001)
BildOn 11 December 2001, the Austrian Chancellor, Wolfgang Schüssel (left), and Klaus Liebscher (right), Governor of the Austrian National Bank, hold a press conference in Vienna in which they present Austria’s ‘Euro Cash-Box’.
The euro replaces the Austrian schilling (28 February 2002)
BildOn 28 February 2002, the euro replaces the Austrian schilling, which ceases to be legal tender.