affaire klimt

in 1998 Austrian government edited a law in order to permit the beginning of the trial of Klimt affaire. In 1998 Austria had in charge for the first time presidency of eu. seven years later finally the pictures are restituted to their owner maria altmann, who is the niece of adele bloch blauer and lives now in california. and it is the second ausrian presidency. i think that the government choose this timing on purpuse in order to show europe and the world that they have a good conscience wih past history.
actually the debate about the restitution of the five klimt picture is significant for austrian identity. 50 years the five picture were in beledere national gallery and nobody noticed them. now that they will probably go to us it is a national euphory. good point forthe government: this picture debate keeps public attention away from government buziness.