I have spent more than two decades in Vienna working for them Financial Times written about Austria as one of the most successful countries in Europe. The lessons learned from the collapse of the First Republic and the “Anschluss” as well as social partnership formed the foundations of the unprecedented economic rise. The entry into the European Union, which was opposed by the Haider FPÖ, and the policy of cosmopolitan internationalism have created the conditions for the continuation of the Austrian success story.