BCR (Erste) and Raiffeisen say Romania has not pressured the company. The statements come after accusations by Austrian Chancellor
BCR (Erste) and Raiffeisen say Romania has not pressured the company. The statements come after accusations by Austrian Chancellor
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After BCR, the other big Romanian bank with links in Austria denies the pressures to which they have been subjected in Romania, as alleged by the chancellor of the country. Raiffeisen Bank also denies the serious accusations made by Austrian officials. In an exclusive response to Digi24, BCR says it has not faced such a problem and, moreover, that it knows of no other similar cases. This after several voices in Vienna, including the chancellor, said that pressure is being exerted to force Austria’s hand to support Romania’s Schengen accession. Raiffeisen Bank also confirms unequivocally that no pressure has been exerted by the Romanian authorities. In addition, both BCR and Reiffeisen, another Austrian-funded bank, said they were surprised and even disappointed by the Schengen vote. Nehammer at EPP meeting: Austrian firms ‘mistreated’ in Romania Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer told the European People’s Party meeting that Austrian firms were being ‘mistreated’ in Romania, sources told the meeting. He cited the migration issue as one of the reasons for not accepting Romania into Schengen, but also talked about the situation of companies operating in our country. Nehammer said that he had been told by company directors of certain “pressures” and that he had evidence which he would also submit to the European Commission. Large Austrian companies in the banking, insurance, fuel and timber markets operate in Romania.
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The Austria’s veto seems to have waken a lot of anger. There will definitely be consequences for Austrian companies in Romania at least their reputation will not be the same for many years.
All this saga just to have a couple of extra votes in the Austrian elections in January 2023
They went full damage control after the negative vote. Perhaps were hoping we will turn the lther cheek again.
This fucker, that you see in the the above picture, decided that renovating Hitler’s house it’s a wonderful ideea
You really don’t want a 20+ million country turning euroskeptic. You have no fucking idea how dangerous this is. If this humiliation continues any longer, we won’t accept “rationality” pleas from countries and people who shat the bed for a decade. Patience is spent and nobody will win and at that point so be it.