Romania and Bulgaria Agree With Austria for Partial Schengen Accession From March 2024
The decision comes following the agreement reached between Bucharest and Sofia with Vienna on the latter’s recent proposal “Air Schengen”, AtoZSerwisPlus.ro reports.
Talks regarding the accession of these two Balkan countries by land will continue next year.
The agreement has been welcomed by both countries’ authorities, with Romanian Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu, saying that he is convinced that in 2024 negotiations for land borders will also be finished.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Nikolay Denkov, noted that the decision came following long and complicated negotiations.
In spite of meeting all the needed requirements, Romania and Bulgaria have been waiting to become part of the EU’s passport-free travel zone for more than ten years now.
The accession of these two countries was blocked in December last year by Austria and in the case of Bulgaria also by the Netherlands over irregular migration concerns.
While earlier this month the Netherlands’s Ministry of Justice confirmed that its country would support the accession of Bulgaria to Schengen, clearing the path for its membership, Vienna didn’t share the same opinion.
During the meeting of the EU Interior Minister held on December 5 this year, the Interior Minister of Austria, Gerhard Karner, said that the Schengen Zone should become “better, not bigger”. However, no vote was included on the agenda of the meeting.
Minister Karner unfolded the “Air Schengen” proposal consisting of four conditions for the partial accession of these two countries to the Schengen Zone.
The proposal was supported by Romania, but was considered “unacceptable” by Bulgarian Prime Minister Denkov. He said that Sofia has met all the needed requirements for the process to be finished.
Soon after “Air Schengen” was introduced, the European Commission expressed its support, stressing that talks for the implementation of this proposal were underway.
In addition, a Commission spokesperson emphasized that the Commission was analyzing Austria’s requests related to the issue.
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