On 21 January 1993, the Austrian Government outlines its political and economic position before the opening of the negotiations for the country’s accession to the European Union, due to begin on 1 February 1993.

On 1 February 1993, Alois Mock, Austrian Foreign Minister, welcomes the opening, in Brussels, of the negotiations for the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union.

In February 1993, during the negotiations for Austria’s accession to the European Union (EU), the Austrian Government answers some 200 environmental questions from several Austrian environmental organisations.

‘Mock in Brussels — EC: “… Open up, my darling!”’ On 2 February 1993, the Viennese cartoonist, Ironimus, illustrates the opening, in Brussels, of the negotiations for Austria’s accession to the European Union and portrays the arrival of Alois Mock, Austrian Foreign Minister, at the head of the Austrian Delegation.

On 10 March 1993, Alois Mock, Austrian Foreign Minister, presents to the National Council in Vienna a progress report on the negotiations for Austria’s accession to the European Union.

In May 1993, the Federation of Austrian Industrialists outlines the advantages of Austria’s possible accession to the European Union and warns of the dangers of the country’s isolation with regard to the process of European integration.

On 4 November 1993, the French daily newspaper Le Monde outlines the special features of Austrian agriculture which are at the heart of the negotiations for Austria’s accession to the European Union.

On 2 March 1994, Alois Mock, Austrian Foreign Minister, Franz Vranitzky, Austrian Federal Chancellor, and Erhard Busek, Federal Vice-Chancellor and Leader of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), give their reactions to the successful outcome of the negotiations held in Brussels for Austria's accession to the European Union.

On 2 March 1994, Alois Mock, Austrian Foreign Minister, and Erhard Busek, Federal Vice-Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), make a triumphant return to Vienna Airport after the success of the negotiations held in Brussels for Austria’s accession to the European Union.

On 2 March 1994, in an address given in Vienna to the National Council, the Austrian Chancellor, Franz Vranitzky, welcomes the outcome of the negotiations for Austria’s accession to the European Union (EU).

On 16 March 1994, the Austrian Government draws up a report on the outcome of the negotiations for Austria’s accession to the European Union.

On 14 April 1994, Martti Ahtisaari, President of the Republic of Finland, delivers an address at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm on relations between Finland and Sweden in the future Europe of the Fifteen.

The social democrat Martti Ahtisaari, a former diplomat and the first president (from 1994 to 2000) of the Republic of Finland elected by direct universal suffrage, played a very important role in his country’s accession to the European Union in 1995.

On 1 February 1993, Ulf Dinkelspiel, Swedish Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, emphasises the importance of Sweden’s negotiations for accession to the European Communities.

On 1 March 1994, following two days of negotiations between the representatives of Sweden and the European Union (EU), Ulf Dinkelspiel, Swedish Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, welcomes the fact that the negotiations have led to a compromise enabling Sweden to accede to the EU.

On 9 March 1994, the French daily newspaper Le Monde outlines Spain’s numerous concerns at Norway’s possible accession to the European Union.

On 15 March 1994, at a press conference held in Brussels on the enlargement of the European Union, Alain Lamassoure, French Minister with special responsibility for European Affairs, considers the political agreement negotiated with Norway and sets out the details of the compromise on fisheries.

In a note dated June 1994, the European Commission outlines the main results of the negotiations for Norway’s accession to the European Union.

In this interview, Bjørn Tore Godal, former Norwegian Foreign Minister, sets out the issues that arose during the negotiations on Norway’s accession to the European Union. In particular, he notes the significance of the interests of the Norwegian fishing industry throughout these negotiations.

At the end of the Edinburgh European Council, held on 11 and 12 December 1992, the Twelve adopt a series of measures relating to the opening of accession negotiations between Austria, Sweden, Finland and Norway and the European Union.

In its Winter 1992/1993 edition, the federalist magazine L'Europe en formation warns the Europe of the Twelve not to go for enlargement prematurely and without having made the proper preparations.

At the end of the Copenhagen European Council held on 21 and 22 June 1993, the Twelve welcome the progress made during the negotiations with Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden on accession to the European Union.

In its July–August 1993 edition, the Federalist monthly journal Crocodile considers the decisions taken at the Copenhagen European Council held on 21 and 22 June 1993 with regard to future enlargements of the European Union and calls for discussions to be held among the Twelve on the speeds of deepening and widening.

At the end of the Brussels European Council of 29 October 1993, the Twelve call for the speeding up of negotiations on the accession of Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden to the European Union in order for the enlargement to come into effect on 1 January 1995.

At the end of the Brussels European Council, held on 10 and 11 December 1993, the Twelve adopt a series of Decisions relating, in particular, to the number of representatives allocated to Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the institutions and bodies of the European Union.

‘Welcome’. In 1993, the German cartoonist Hanel presents an ironic picture of the state of the ‘European House’, beloved by French President François Mitterrand, in the period preceding the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union.

On 28 February 1994, commenting on the forthcoming enlargement of the European Union, the French daily newspaper Libération identifies the difficulties which are hindering the accession negotiations being conducted between the Twelve and Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

On 1 March 1994, Alain Lamassoure, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, holds a press conference in Brussels in which he outlines the progress made in the negotiations on accession to the European Union being conducted with Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

In this interview, Jean-Jacques Kasel, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the Council of the European Communities, then to the Council of the European Union, from 1992 to 1998, discusses the main aspects of the negotiations for accession to the European Union held with Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

In this interview, Alain Lamassoure, French Minister for European Affairs from 1993 to 1995, outlines France's position during the negotiations for the accession of Austria, Sweden, Finland and Norway to the European Union.

On 2 March 1994, in an interview for the French radio station France Inter, Alain Lamassoure, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, gives his views, in particular, on the implications of the enlargement of the European Union to include Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

On 2 March 1994, Alain Lamassoure, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, holds a press conference in Paris in which he outlines, in particular, the economic, political and budgetary advantages for France of the enlargement of the European Union to include Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

On 3 March 1994, the German daily newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describes the economic implications of Sweden, Austria and Finland joining the European Union.

On 3 March 1994, the French daily newspaper Le Monde outlines the agreement secured two days earlier in Brussels following the negotiations with Austria, Finland and Sweden on accession to the European Union.

In a report published on 9 March 1994, the Council delivers its conclusions on the final outcome of the negotiations with Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden on accession to the European Union.

On 16 March 1994, Jacques F. Poos, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, delivers an address to the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies on the conclusion of the negotiations on the accession of Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden to the European Union.

On 24 March 1994, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it emphasises how important it is for account to be taken of the strong attachment of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the concept of neutrality during the negotiations on their accession to the European Communities.

In April 1994, the Federalist journal Crocodile wonders whether the Twelve have made sufficient efforts to prepare the European Union for its forthcoming enlargement.

In April 1994, the French monthly magazine Le Monde diplomatique analyses the attitude of the general public in the Scandinavian countries on the eve of the accession of Sweden and Finland to the European Union.

In May 1994, the monthly legal journal Revue du Marché Commun et de l’Union Européenne analyses the outcome of the negotiations for the accession to the European Union of Austria, Norway, Finland and Sweden.

In 1994, with a view to the fourth enlargement of the European Union, the German cartoonist, Hanel, emphasises the difficulties involved in the negotiations with Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden for their accession to the EU.

In November 1994, the European Parliament’s External Office in Paris summarises, point by point, the negotiations being conducted with Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden on accession to the European Union.