Secondly, I must add, however, as an Austrian, that this dial
ogue between social partners, between political institutions, between fiscal policy and those with a po
litical mandate has been going on in a similar way for years in my homeland, Austria, and has made an important contribution to Austria’s present position as an economically successful and socially se
cure country with a high employment rate and ...[+++] lower jobless figures than others can boast.