Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania’s Accession to Schengen on Agenda of Czech Presidency Council of EU
Such an announcement has been confirmed by Romanian Member of Parliament, Rare? Bogdan, AtoZSerwisPlus.roreports.
“Czech deputy prime minister Vit Rakušan, also minister of the Interior, stated a few minutes ago in the European Parliament’s LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) Committee that one of the ambitions of the Czech Presidency of the EU is to speed up the procedures regarding the accession of Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia,” Rare? Bogdan (PNL) pointed out through a post on his Facebook page.
In addition, the Minister added that measures should be taken so Romania and Bulgaria, which have met all the technical conditions since 2011, can benefit from this status while emphasizing that everything depends on the second round of the discussion, which is scheduled for the end of this month.
Bogdan emphasized that Germany supports the country’s accession to the borderless area of Schengen.
Previously, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, announced that it supported the joining of Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania to the Schengen Zone, while he added that these three countries had met all the requirements to become full members of the Schengen area while suggesting that the EU closes the remaining gaps.
“Thank you; we are waiting for concrete things! The Romanians have spent enormously to secure the borders; they meet the technical criteria of 2011, so keeping them at the door is unfair, not to mention immoral. Hungary, the most eurosceptic member state, to be elegant, is in Schengen, and Romania, the most euro optimistic, is not,” he added, as reported by Romania Insider.
The Justice and Internal Affairs Council (JAI), where Romania’s accession to Schengen could be brought to the table, is scheduled for October 13.
Leaders of Romania and Bulgaria once again urged the experts from the EU to reassess both countries’ readiness to join the EU’s Schengen Zone, urging them for a decision at a leaders’ meeting that is planned to be held in December.
These comments came from Bulgaria’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Kostadin Kodzhabashev.
Recently the Commission of the EU called on the European Council to adopt a decision in order to allow Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia to become members of the Schengen Zone; however, the such process has not been finalized yet.
