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Schengen: No EU border-free zone for Romania and Bulgaria
Schengen Area signifies a zone where 26 European countries, abolished their internal borders for the free and unrestricted movement of people, in harmony with common rules for controlling external borders and fighting criminality by strengthening the common judicial system and police cooperation. Once you enter a Schengen nation, you can travel almost freely within the area, which covers most of the EU countries, except Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Croatia. Although not members of the EU, countries like Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Lichtenstein are also part of the Schengen zone. Now, European Union agreed to accept Croatia, which became a member state in 2013, to be part of the Schengen zone from next year. Good news for Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, but bad news for Bulgaria and Romania, both of whose applications were declined by Austria and Netherlands’ vetoes. Unanimity, where all EU Member States have to agree, is one of the voting rules applicable to the Council. The Council has to vote unanimously on a number of policy areas that the Member States consider to be sensitive. Then why OK for Croatia but NG for Bulgaria and Romania even though the two nations have been EU member states longer than Croatia?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63905113
Schengen: No EU border-free zone for Romania and Bulgaria
Schengen Area signifies a zone where 26 European countries, abolished their internal borders for the free and unrestricted movement of people, in harmony with common rules for controlling external borders and fighting criminality by strengthening the common judicial system and police cooperation. Once you enter a Schengen nation, you can travel almost freely within the area, which covers most of the EU countries, except Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Croatia. Although not members of the EU, countries like Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Lichtenstein are also part of the Schengen zone. Now, European Union agreed to accept Croatia, which became a member state in 2013, to be part of the Schengen zone from next year. Good news for Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, but bad news for Bulgaria and Romania, both of whose applications were declined by Austria and Netherlands’ vetoes. Unanimity, where all EU Member States have to agree, is one of the voting rules applicable to the Council. The Council has to vote unanimously on a number of policy areas that the Member States consider to be sensitive. Then why OK for Croatia but NG for Bulgaria and Romania even though the two nations have been EU member states longer than Croatia?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63905113
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