As of July, Romania and Bulgaria will have limited access to the Schengen digital system
On Wednesday the European Commission called on the Council to greenlight as soon as possible Romania, Bulgaria and Croatias entry into the border-free Schengen area
A fully functional Schengen zone is needed to guarantee the free movement and the EUs economic recovery, members of the European Parliament have recently said
Romania should have joined the Schengen Area in 2011, but this has been repeatedly postponed due to opposition from some member countries, among which the Netherlands, Austria and Germany
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Romania still has major objectives to achieve – Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has said at the Annual Reunion of the Romanian diplomacy
