The Newsmagazine of the Europeans for Tax Reform European Balkan 2020 Time for Economic and Political Freedom and fast track Integration of the Balkan 6 into the EU by 2020 Babara Kolm, President of Austrian Open Europe Now! Economics Center Since 2008 the West has neglected the Balkans. We are in a deep crisis again and enlargement is the only option to focus minds, hearts and leaders. Conditionality has failed. Now it is time for Europe. The new President of the EU business leaders a tool to monitor Commission has send shockwaves progress and keep their leaders as to the Balkans with his statements well on track. The lack of such a Gunther Fehlinger that enlargement is not on the credible way forwards has led to Europeans for Tax Reform agenda during his terms. 6 still the current status quo of slow Receiving the 2016 Life Time Award Golden Arrow at ComSult Vienna young and fragile states and growth, if any, export of people, economies just in recovery from dependency on government and Including Special Reports Road to Growth for Kosovo the turmoil of the 90ies need the donor support , Yugonostalgia and European future and framework and even tragic violence used to deflect Game Changers for the Balkans pressure based on credible EU from corruption and failed policies. Taxpayers perspectives for the perspective in reasonable time But there is an alternative. Political Berlin Process and Vienna Summit frame to bring all society towards freedom, real economic reform and Property Reform in Kosovo the reform track and as well give real EU accession. Open Europe Rethinking FDI Promotion the society and the civil, media and and integrate the Balkans now. TIME FOR CHANGE IN EUROPE A journey across Europe and the Caucasus with the message Freedom and Sound Economy lower tariffs and subsidies, and Others, on the contrary, say that stop paying lip service to the EU and its regulations must austerity, and really balance be as far away as possible from budgets and lower taxes? entrepreneurs so that the free market can provide the trial and Economic growth will bring error environment that startups higher standards of living, a need to thrive. cleaner environment, and the elimination of the remaining - See more at: pockets of poverty. But do http://freemarket- Europeans – and their political rs.com/tour/#sthash.iRoH98Rb. A spectre is haunting Europe – elites in particular – have what the spectre of secular Join the discussion stagnation. Since the 2008 The 2016 Free Market Road financial crisis most of Europe’s Show’s Panel will focus on economies have not fully these important questions: recovered and their economic forecasts are appalling. As a To grow or not to grow? From matter of fact, in 2013 28 EU secular stagnation to robust countries registered a dismal recovery. 0.1% real GDP growth rate. Entrepreneurship and its Twin deficits are to be found in enemies. How to set our some of the Europe’s largest creative energy free. Entrepreneurs wanted economies. The welfare state Furthermore, each FMRS event not only burdens future In connection with the lack of will present a local panel which generations but it even seems growth there is always the issue will deal with the most pressing to be on the brink of total of entrepreneurship. One of issues of the respective country. collapse. Europe’s jewels is the ‘startup International top speakers, nation’ of Estonia, but the Baltic renowned economists, leading Meanwhile, political elites seem country is more likely the politicians and prominent aloof and detached and exception than the rule as business leaders will join the Brussels continues to carry on contemporary Europe suffers Road Show to discuss these its agenda of centralization and from pandemic youth crucial topics. overregulation of Europe’s unemployment, and many of its economy. Not surprisingly, our brightest and most - See more at: strangled national economies entrepreneurial leave the http://freemarket- struggle to even produce continent in search of better rs.com/tour/#sthash.iRoH98Rb. anemic growth. opportunities. What recipe does Europe need How can Europe unleash the to change the declining trend? creative forces of its youth? Can more centralization Some believe that the European produce different results? Or Union should create startup should Europe instead reverse zones that foster course, liberalize the economy, entrepreneurship. Editorial pressure has allowed the nostalgia which is the contrary political leaders of the Balkans of what is needed. A new to ease the reform pressure of approach based on economic fast track reforms and many and political freedom and have focused on exploiting the opening the economies to spoils of power instead of Europe and the world and first driving forwards painful of all to the immediate structural and European neighbors and cooperate in integration reforms. A negative concrete terms here in the dynamic has developed of who region. Lower tax, regional is getting the richest leaders market integration and a new here in the region and no approach of economic consistent economic reform openness are the right answer The right answer for the current agenda was developed based which have produced concrete escalating crisis on the Balkans on European principle and the results everywhere in the world is clear. Faster EU integration of rule of law. The lack of real and will work as well here in the the Balkan 6 and a new European attention and a Balkans. In this edition ETR has economic reform approach for credible integration deadline is focused on 10 pillars for the all countries based on Austrian as much to blame as political Road to growth for Kosovo as economics and free markets. elites exploiting this vacuum concrete and easy to implement The Balkans need to be firmly post 2008 European crisis. measure of economic reform to based inside the European Clearly the Balkans has to do its ensure Kosovo is working and Union for geo-strategic and part in terms of adoption of EU moving faster towards EU investment security reason and legislation, imposing integration. As well we have as well to allow legal market implementation and as first of included the results of the Free integration based on European all creating a better economic Market Road Show 2015 which standards and the rule of Law. environment to allow people to was another great FMRS here in We can not wait until some for prosper and benefit from a open the region with the highlight of better times and until the and free economic system. The the opposition leader of Albania Balkans have fulfilled some small countries here have been promising to reintroduced the unrealistic expectation which too easy to control by small flat tax of 10% in Albania and are the basis of the political and econo0mic elites excellent events in Pristina and conditionality approach and the and so a new approach based Skopje . Thanks to all who West can not afford another on Eu Integration and all its made it possible. The reason Balkan crisis and allowing competition and anti collusion why the Balkans is not working Russia or Islamist influence get controls and anti subsidies is neglect from Europe and lack a stronger hold here in the most legislation combined with clear of political and economic sensitive area between East and focus on economic reform freedom and it is time to West. Another Ukrainian based on Austrian economic is change that. A European scenario is much more costly the right answer. Today a Balkans firmly based inside the than fast track integration. We considerable part of economic EU and a clear free market did it for the Eastern Balkan decision makers here in the economic strategy are the countries and we have to do the Balkans have answer the crisis rights solution for the current same for the Western Balkans with economic protectionism crisis. as well. The lack of refrom and a new form of Yugo- 3 Gunther Fehlinger Europeans for Tax Reform Receiving the 2016 Life Time Award Golden Arrow at ComSult Vienna Dr Erhard Busek, Laudator for the ETR President ETR President thanking for the Award and calling for a new and ComSult Initiator David Ungar Klein enlargement of the EU including the Balkans and Ukraine On the 19 of January 2016 ETR Gunther Fehlinger was honored to be invited to the 13th ComSult Vienna Congress at Vienna City Hall and the Ceremonial Hall of the Austrian Industry Federation. It was a major event - the topic was growth but the discussion were focused about the migration challenges and the future of Europe. The highlight of the Congress was the concluding Golden Arrow 2016 Award Ceremony with former Prime Minister Mario Monti, and Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei from Egypt and Dan Shechtman from Israel were awarded in the international category and former Olympic Champion Markus Rogan and Gunther The Congress and the Award in Austrian newspaper KURIER Fehlinger in the Austrian Category. Http://comsult.create-connections.com/golden-arrow/ The 2016 Golden Arrow Ceremony Mohamed ElBaradei, Mario Monti, Markus Rogan, Dan Shechtman & Günther Fehlinger Austrian Economics for Albania Albania needs the Flat Tax of 10% again The leader of the opposition Mr Lulzim Basha at the FMRS 2015 at EUT The FMRS 2015 in Tirana was a major tax increase in European history from 10 well at a moment when Albania was success and the cooperation with the to 23 income and 10 to 15 % corporate facing a major wave of immigration was European University Tirana was been with has led to the major decline of people vote with their feet and leave as very successful. Besart Kadia the foreign investment and more informality they see no progress in terms of Director of the Foundation for Economic and less tax revenues and is a key reason investment and economic growth in Freedom of the EUT has organized a great why the Albania economy is not moving Albania under the current economic conference.