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Press Releases 2012

December

• Fekter: "Eurozone slightly more stable"

November

• Fekter: “We want to avoid a further haircut”
• Fekter on Schenz's resignation: "He provided outstanding service to modernise Austria as a financial centre"
• Launch of call for bids on individual casino concessions
• Fekter: "We owe our triple A to our strict stability and reform policy"
• Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance: Government agrees on new bank restructuring and accounting police
• Transparency database is “the most innovative eGovernment project”

October

• Spindelegger, Fekter: "We support the idea of a banking union"
• Fekter: "Stable finances through reforms. Growth through pro-active measures"
• Green light for financial transaction tax – 11 countries in favour
• Fekter welcomes entry into force of the ESM: "We are on the right path."
• Fekter on tax treaty with Switzerland: “I’m very pleased”
• Fekter: "Greece making initial progress over reforms"
• Tax on financial transactions: Fekter sends letter to EU regarding enhanced cooperation collaboration

September

• Fekter: "Our triple-A confirms the reform path we have embarked upon"
• Tax Governance – The role of tax administrations in a networking world
• Business Service Portal from the Austrian Ministry of Finance and the Federal Economic Chamber saves time and money
• The European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
• Fekter : “Relieved to have a clear judgment”
• Major blow dealt to international cigarette mafia

August

• Fekter: “Budget targets will be met”
• Fekter in favour of mechanism for excluding countries from Eurozone
• Fekter: Enhanced “debt burden check” to prevent mushrooming costs

July

• Finance Minister Dr Fekter assumes book sponsorship for Imperial Tax Regulations of 1764
• FMF und Federal Ministry of Economics, Family and Youth (FMEFY) present “young entrepreneurs” scheme
• Fekter on 2012 economic report: “We have to use the momentum created by the current wave of reforms to cut the deficit further”
• Fekter: “ESM will prevent a pan-European conflagration”
• Fekter on IMF report: Austria is on the right path – reform package is working
• Federal Ministry of Finance: Harald Waiglein new head of Directorate-General III

June

• Fekter: More financing leeway for export-sector SMEs
• Fekter happy with Greek election results
• We are stronger as a team - FMF and FMI assessment positive
• Fekter: “Aid for Spain via the ESM would be a better safeguard”

May

• Fekter against Eurobonds
• Fekter: "We must further strengthen partnership with our eastern neighbours"
• Signing of new stability pact represents a major success
• Transparency database cuts through the thicket of public funding programmes
• Schieder at ADB: Asia’s economic growth needs to close the gap between rich and poor
• Fekter: “The stability pact we now have in place charts a new course for Austrian public finance”

April

• Fekter meets British Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne
• Austrian Finance Minister Dr. Fekter welcomes Fitch Triple A rating
• Fekter: “The tax treaty with Switzerland is a major joint success”
• Stability pact for a sustainable budget policy

March

• Fekter: "Protective wall totalling EUR 800 billion will calm markets"
• Budget deficit 2011 significantly below Maastricht threshold, at 2.6%
• Fekter appreciates ECB´s crisis policy
• Fekter: “We will be more zealous than ever before in fighting benefit fraud”
• Bill guarantee ceiling increased to EUR 1 billion
• Fekter: “No double standards when assessing compliance of EU member states”

February

• Fekter: "Reorganization of Volksbank needed in order to maintain stability in the financial sector
• Austria ensures reorganisation and sustainable restructuring programme for ÖVAG
• Future of IST Austria on a solid foundation
• Fekter: “Greek bailout package will not entail any additional costs for Austria”
• Fekter: "Rescue package for Greece adopted thanks to immense efforts"
• Fekter: “We want to significantly relieve the pressure on families”
• Federal Ministry of Finance: Moody's confirms Austria’s triple A Rating
• Fekter: Largest package of reforms in modern Austrian history
• Large-scale operation targeting illegal games of chance in Austrian Land of Niederösterreich: A smashing success

January

• Budget: 2011 deficit lower than expected
• Gunter Mayr new Director-General at Ministry of Finance
• Fekter: No new burden for Austria as a result of euro rescue umbrellas
• Fekter opposed to top up of Euro safety net funding
• Fekter: We have to close the loopholes in the tax code
• Fekter: "We have to do even more than before to cut our debts"
• Three interested parties for first casino packages
• Largest heroin seizure ever at Austrian border - 130 kgs of heroin seized in lorry search by customs officials
• Fekter: This decision is a yellow card for Austria
• Successful collaboration by Austria and France in the fight against tax fraud
• Fekter: "We need to make reform and structural changes that will chart a course of savings for the long term”

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