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 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 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.

‘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 26 April 1994, the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security publishes a report on Norway’s application for accession to the European Union.

On 15 March 1994, Alain Lamassoure, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, draws up an initial progress report on the negotiations for Norway’s accession to the European Union.

In 1993, the European Commission delivers a favourable opinion on the application made by Norway for accession to the European Union and analyses the state of the Norwegian economy in terms of the challenge posed by enlargement.

On 24 November 1992, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian Prime Minister, sends a letter to Douglas Hurd, British Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities, in which Norway officially submits its application for accession to the European Communities.