A working meeting between Bulgarian Vice President Margarita Popova and Pozzo di Borgo, Chair of the France-Bulgaria Friendship Group at the French Senate, stressed the need for cooperation among Schengen member states for the transformation of the area. Popova is on a two-day work visit to Paris to take part in the Academy of European [...]
There is progress in the Netherlands with respect to lifting the Dutch veto on Bulgaria and Romania‘s Schengen Area accession, according to the Dutch Christian Democratic Party, a MP claim. Dutch Christian Democratic Member of Parliament Henk Jan Ormel spoke on the Bulgarian National Radio Saturday, stating that Bulgaria and Romania‘s chances of joining the visa-free Schengen agreement are growing. In September 2011, [...]
Bulgaria and Romania‘s bids to join the Schengen Agreement are not likely to receive a green light by the Netherlands ahead of the country’s early elections in the fall, a Dutch expert reckons. The parties that are key for changing the Dutch stance on Bulgaria and Romania‘sSchengen entry have solid opinions on the issue, according to Adriaan Schout, Deputy Director of the Netherlands Institute for International Relations. A [...]
Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy Chair of center-right ruling party GERB, who is in Brussels for a Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting, has met with Wilfred Martens, President of the European People’s Party. Tsvetanov thanked Martens, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Joseph Daul, and Secretary General [...]
Brussels will take its decision on Bulgaria and Romania‘s bids to enter the Schengen agreement in September, it was confirmed on Thursday. “I hope that in September Brussels will approve a two-phase approach for Bulgaria‘s and Romania‘s accession to the European Union’s borderless Schengen area,” Bulgaria‘s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced in Brussels on Thursday [...]
The measures set to help Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Agreement are yet to be considered, sources from the Danish EU presidency have said, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. On March 2, it was made clear that no decision on Bulgaria and Romania’s bids to enter the Schengen Agreement will be taken [...]
The Netherlands has reiterated its “no” to Romania and Bulgaria’s bids to join the Schengen Agreement, it has been made clear. The Netherlands continues to bind the Schengen enlargement with the European Commission’s Cooperation and Verification Mechanism Report that is to be revealed this summer, the Romanian Interior Ministry has said in a statement. Bulgaria’s [...]
Denmark firmly supports Bulgaria and Romania‘s Schengen bids and hopes that the two countries would join the agreement during its EU presidency, Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has said. “Bulgaria and Romania have met the requirements for joining the Schengen Agreement; we should stimulate them by accepting them in Schengen. If someone has abided by the [...]
Bulgaria has done a wonderful job in meeting Schengen criteria and must join the free movement area as soon as possible, stated Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker, who is on a visit to Bulgaria Wednesday. In Varna, Juncker met his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov to discuss Bulgaria’s perspectives as an EU member, as well as bilateral [...]
I cannot see the eurozone risking a second recession, stated Luxembourg PM and Eurozone President Jean-Claude Juncker on an official visit to Bulgaria Wednesday. “The truth is that growth in the eurozone has slowed down, but that is due to external factors and does not warrant a new recession,” said the Eurozone president. He nevertheless [...]
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