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The EC expects the EU Council to take the historic one in December.
Bulgaria and Romania meet all the criteria for Schengen membership. And for 11 years. This is the usual position of the European Commission and all parties in the European Parliament, expressed in a debate in Strasbourg.
Surprisingly, however, two German MEPs used their allotted minute to insult both countries. In the context of almost the same statements about the fact that it is the best time for Bulgarian and Romanian citizens to be able freely, Identity and Democracy (ID) MP Gunnar Beck explicitly under pressure that, according to “Transparency International”, not only are the two countries not making progress in the fight against corruption, rather, the scenario gets even worse. “Instead of expanding Schengen to 3 corrupt countries (a resolution is also expected for Croatia), we want to urgently reconsider it through the expansion of internal border controls and well-protected external controls,” Beck said. According to him, acceptance of either country will lead to mass migration into the EU, and they are still vulnerable to corruption.
“To my colleague from Germany, I want to say that all channels of illegal immigrants in Europe are German,” Bulgarian MEP Andrey Slabakov replied.
Another German, also from ID, continued the provocations by recounting how, crossing Romania to reach Ukraine, he was very surprised by the poor infrastructure.
“Romania is the wild west of Europe
Far West in the centre of Europe. How is it possible for this country to be a member of the EU?Ukraine once had much greater infrastructure and order. “Did no one see that when they accepted Romania?” asked Guido Reil. With Bulgaria, he disputed the border with Turkey, which he said had been in the hands of the mafia for many years. Now they took it back, but that means the crowd is now dressed in a uniform. “When money is poured into corrupt countries, it is believed that things will get better. No, cash is only used for corruption.
Bulgaria and Romania will be neither in the EU nor in Schengen. “
Guido Reil inflexible.
The two Germans were criticised for their harsh words either through the president of the assembly and through a giant of MEPs.
To gain control of the loose movement of a fact, unanimity among all EU members is necessary. A vote on the matter is expected at its Dec. 15-16 summit.
During the debate, it became clear that several countries, apart from Germany and France, had raised concerns in the past, but now Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz are also opposed to enlargement. However, the Netherlands is still opposed. “This negative position cannot be justified. I call on Prime Minister Mark Rutte not to apply double criteria and give the green light to Bulgaria and Romania,” said Sophie in’t Veld of Renew Europe of the Netherlands. She was also chair of the EP Monitoring Group, which assessed the state of the rule of law in Bulgaria last year.
“The European Commission fully supports the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen. We hope that in December the Council of the EU, despite everything, will take the historic resolution and allow the citizens of Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia to share with us one of the greatest achievements of our integration,” said the deputy head of EC Margaritis. Schinas. Il very cleverly appreciated the “work of Bulgarian and Romanian colleagues and the way they handle border management. They were an example of the wave of Ukrainian refugees. We are proud of them. “
The same position was obtained here by the largest party of the EPP. “Bulgaria and Romania are in a position for Schengen and since 2011 they are still waiting for the green light from the council. 11 years without any progress. This is unstable, we, like the other parties in the European Parliament, completely support. His position is there. For us, there are no first-hand and second-hand citizens, there are no objective reasons for refusing to conform to them in Schengen. friends in Sofia and Bucharest who have all the EPP,” party chairman Manfred Weber said.
Therefore, the Schengen engiantment was supported by a giant part of the EP. There were also speeches by all Bulgarian MEPs. Previously, they dated a general with a brief review of the technical readiness for covering the external borders of Bulgaria and Romania, it was shown through the EC as early as 2011. “Until then, however, the board’s resolution remains entirely political. It hides behind bureaucratic arguments, raising reasons that are not directly similar to border management,” the 17 Bulgarian representatives wrote. .
However, a solution is not planned to be followed on Wednesday, but in the plenary consultation from 17 to 20 October.
Currently, all EU Member States, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania, are part of Schengen. MEPs have continuously called for Bulgaria and Romania to be fully admitted to Schengen, as in the 2018 solution on the subject, the 2020 solution on the status of Schengen in the context of the pandemic and the 2021 report on the functioning of the Schengen area.
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