The enlargement is not only a political but primarily an economic problem, which makes it necessary to ensure that investments will flow into South-Eastern Europe as quickly as posible. Moreover, business has stabilising effect, since it serves as a dialogue telling the people in charge about deficienies and chances.
The Vienna Economic Forum is not only a plattform for forming opinions but also for voicing them in public.
This also underscores the significance of the region between the Adriatinc and the Black Sea. It is a market of some 130 million consumers with a grat strategic and economic importance. The developement will certainly continue further eastwards into the Black Sea region, but also into the Eastern Mediterranean. This can be seen as a key function. 
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