Addressing the European Parliament on Tuesday 10 July, the Austrian Minister for Economic Affairs and the Digital Economy, Margarete Schramböck, emphasised that, “a Europe that protects is the watchword” of the Austrian Presidency of the Council, which, while pursuing the EU's ongoing free-trade agenda, intends to ensure that “quality prevails” in the free trade agreements and the necessary deadline to conclude them.
When addressing the international trade committee, Ms Schramböck...