While offering candidate status for EU accession to Ukraine was the right decision, stalling the accession of the Western Balkans however was a big strategic mistake – one that will be difficult to mend.
Andreas Schieder, between 2008 and 2013, he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and served as parliamentary leader of the Social Democratic Party in the National Council, the lower house of Parliament, from 2013 to 2018.