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Agreements are reached with Austria, Romania and Bulgaria enter Schengen

2023-12-28 21:26:27Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Agreements are reached with Austria, Romania and Bulgaria enter Schengen
Romania and Bulgaria enter Schengen

Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to partially join the Schengen area until March 2024. Bucharest and Sofia have confirmed the news.

The political agreement will allow Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen area only for air and sea travel. Meanwhile, negotiations continue on the land borders, the Romanian Ministry of the Interior declared.

Austria had blocked the two countries' entry into Schengen, arguing that the move could trigger an influx of irregular migrant arrivals into Europe via Turkish and Western Balkan routes.

We remind you that currently there are 27 countries in the Schengen zone, 23 of them European Union states and over 423 million citizens. Romania and Bulgaria had sought access for more than a decade.

Welcoming the agreement on the social media platform Facebook, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said: "After thirteen years, Romania will finally join Schengen - we have a political agreement."

"From next March, Romanians can take advantage of the advantages of the Schengen area by air and sea," he added.

"I am also convinced that in 2024 we will conclude land border negotiations."

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov confirmed on Thursday that an agreement had been reached after a series of complicated negotiations.

The European Commission has given the green light to the two states since 2011, but EU member states blocked the deal due to concerns about the rule of law and an increase in migration.


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