Romania and Bulgaria FINALLY join Schengen - Sort of
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2024
- Did you know Romania and Bulgaria are finally inching closer to joining the Schengen Area? Today on EU FLASH, we explore their tumultuous journey marked by setbacks and security concerns from EU members like Austria. The breakthrough in December 2023 paves the way for partial accession by March 2024, but land borders remain restricted, impacting economies and key industries. Stay tuned to EU FLASH for more concise, insightful updates on Europe's ever-evolving political landscape. Subscribe now for the latest EU news and analyses!
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I have great Romanian friends here in Spain. Welcome Romania and also Bulgaria.
They are not all like your friend… my partner is a cop and 90% of theft in Europe is done by Romanians and Bulgarians. So opening the gate will help?? 😮
FYI I just got beaten down from Romanian burglars. I caught them in the act at my neighbors house.
A coincidence they are Romanian? No its been going on to long. They have no respect
@@tim_peaky Bulgarians do 90% of the europe crime? That is gypsies my friend Bulgarians usually dont do that stuff + even if some do in every country has a crimes so
As a Croatian I fully support Bulgaria and Romania. I found it unfair and still find it unfair that they were left out in the previous expansion.
Say this to your femboys from the west.
As a Greek I completely support this, for the shake of Romanians Bulgarians and Greeks alike. They deserve it since they have been making constant progress, and we also need it as it will eventually connect us -by borderless land connection - to the rest of EU, which we also deserve! I am tired of the central - western European counties trying to prioritize their own interests against the interests of the counties in the periphery of Europe and then preaching about unity and federalism.
The EU used to be a very trusting institution until it expanded to include a number of eastern European countries that hid a number of uncomfortable truths that would have otherwise made them ineligible to join under the Maastricht criteria. Sound familiar?
I am on the other side from Romania - in Czech Republic and I, and mostly we all here strongly support Romania’s and Bulgaria’s accession to Shengen too.
It’s shame they weren’t accepted sooner.
That said Austria is kinda special, they are sometimes like softer, more polite version of Hungary. … blocking everything and everyone (and looking up to Russia actually too).
@@petrskupa6292 Sadly there are trolls also who don't.
@@ukrajinaperemozheI also support bro
Thank you, support from Bulgaria
I am Italian and I fully support Romania and Bulgaria. 🇪🇺♥️
🇧🇬💙🇮🇹
Thank you brother ❤
Ro❤It
Fiero di essere Italo-bulgaro 🇧🇬❤️🇮🇹
thank you!
I'm French and I totally support Bulgaria and Romania.
Merci, ami. C'est très bien d'avoir entendu ça.
Salutations de Bulgarie.
I'm Slovak, but i Support them Too
I'm Bulgarian and I don't support this. This will only facilitate the migratnt crisis.
So you can’t be native French.
Normal native European would never said that.
I’m Half Austrian and Half Bulgarian and I totally support Bulgaria/ourselves & Romania
I'm from Poland and I support Romania and Bulgaria all the way! It's time for this part of Europe to grow! We deserve it!
Lol... Poland doesn’t even support Ukrainian farmers during a brutal war. Stop kidding yourself. Not to mention that you wouldn’t support any of them as soon as their migrants would want to move to Poland, instead of other EU countries west of Poland such as Austria… hypocrite.
@@Ultima-Signamaybe because it would literary kill our internal industry and we would have thousands of farmers hungry and in the streets??????
@@king-mihai You mean the thing that is happening to Ukrainians ALREADY!!? Polish were preaching about this from their self-believed high horse for more than 2 years on the very same basis, relentlessly shaming and insulting other European nations for allegedly not doing enough - completely not giving any fcks about the context for why various nations were acting like they have done.
@@Ultima-Signa you are literary fighting a war from our taxpayer money bro,we do what we can,we are going to help but not destroy ourseleves for your sake.
All parts of Europe
Yesterday, Bulgarian revenue and customs investigated a number of Billa stores and OMV stations, just to make sure everything with them is on the up-and-up. Austria wants rule of law? Let them have it! I hope Romania will start checking lumber product exports to Austria as well.
No they will not.
We, Bulgarians accepted to take illegal migrants in exchange of air and sea shengen 🤬🤬🤬 now we will become a huge migrants center
Please do. In it is a well known secret that Austria can produce all the wood (joke's on them) that is being used in its industry and that much of it is being brought in from Romania "il"legally.
you understood nothing. On top of this 10% of all crimes happen in Austria are caused by Romanians....you better look in the mirror and do your homework first.
È QUELLO CHE HO SCRITTO PRIMA.
I think that Romania and Bulgaria deserve to be in the Schengen Area
Thanks for your support for România! Romanians appreciate it!
We need your support as well. Your government needs to stop the Romanian Mafia, woh is destryoing the last original forests in Europe, selling wood illegaly and threatening journalists who talk about this.
Ukraine is indeed Europe🇺🇦🇪🇺Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇷🇴
DIN ITALIA SINT ALATURI DE TARA NOASTRA.I MI PARE TARE RAU CA, MULTI DENIGREAZA POPORUL SI TARA NOASTRA DIN VINA AUSTRIEI.ASA AU FACUT DIN ANTICHITATE , DIN TIMPUL IMPERIULUI AUSTRO-UNGARICO. AU RIVNIT INTODEAUNA LA PAMINTUL ( TERITORIUL) TARII NOASTRE FIIND O TARA BOGATA.SA LE FIE RUSINE .
Sorry but 🇺🇦 are tigani
@@johnythepvpgod1470 TIGANI SONO IN TUTTO IL MONDO.SONO UN POPOLO NOMADE.TIGANI,GITANI, RROM, SINTI TUTTI ORIGINI INDIA.
Honestly, as a Bulgarian I prefer a mini Schengen via land with Romania and Greece than an "air Schengen". 2 big and important economic, cultural neighbours for us. I prefer to drive and trade very freely from Iasi to Piareus and trade and visit very freely both RO and GR than Vienna or Rotterdam. I wish we have more borderless bridges with Romania and more bonding roads with Northern Greece. If both countries go well, so will BG simply because we have lots of trade, tourism and culture together.
I used to know many students here in Greece that go for skiing (and partying) to Bansko 😛 But I believe that Bulgaria and Romania will become very wealthy in the coming years, regardless of whether they are in Schengen or not. обичам планините 🤍💚❤
I agree
Good idea👍
@@tomorrowneverdies567 if we get rid of corruption, nothing can stop us from doing great things. we have great human capital as well as absolutely amazing landscapes and resources in our countries.
@@jonsnow7092
" if we get rid of corruption, nothing can stop us from doing great things." - many things can stop you (and everyone from doing whatever) as a matter of fact. For example, if the bulgarian government starts doing what the secret (from ordinary people) organization that governs Europe and America (and others) does not like. Then they will start making life difficult to Bulgaria, using other countries that their organization is in control of.
"we have great human capital as well as absolutely amazing landscapes and resources in our countries." - so does Russia, South America and Africa but they are still poor.
So many things are needed at the same time.
But yes, Bulgaria will become wealthy most probably.
Glad to see some progress being made at least!
Indeed, yet without Rule of Law the European system will collapse and nationalism/Fascism will rise as a response, tread carefully because we can't afford to lose, not with Russia as our Warmonger neighbour and USA that betrays us. This is dangerous but we can't turn back time, so have to agree progress on this needs to be implemented quickly for unity, but move too fast and we will get disunity. I have no answers.
there is no progress, what Romania and Bulgaria got is an insult.
As an Austrian, im sorry to every Romanian and Bulgarien for our dumb politicians
Protecting borders against illegal migrants is everything but dump. The question is if the illegal migrants really pass or are going to pass through Bulgaria and Romania. Austria claimed but never proved that.
@@jayfraxteaof course its a importent topic, but they are not coming from romania or bulgaria, the come from the western balkan, wich this gouvernement claims to have closed of.
@@jayfraxtea Honestly bro, as a Bulgarian I will say this
1. Western Europe is just hypocrisy made flesh. Western countries always prioritize their interests at our expense and then preach unity, solidarity and bla-bla but when we do it it`s somehow a big NO-NO. (props to Poland and Hungary in this regard)
2. The Austrian deal we got sucks. They want us to accept all their refugees from Syria and Afghanistan (tens of thousands of them). We are just a dumping ground they found convenient at the moment. Same way we were a convenient scapegoat for the UKIP Brexit propaganda because we are white, Christian propaganda.
3. We are made false scapegoats. The real culprit are Merkel and the Germans who accepted millions but you won`t hear anybody from Austria barking at that tree.
The first entry point to westbalkan is via greece or bulgaria, romania.
There is bo fantasyland between.
Also Austrian here.
I am also sorry for our politics.
Hope Austria will agree soon.
Austria's veto in 2022 was so hypocritically argued, that the Schengen area is not ready to be expanded. At the same time, they voted for the inclusion of Croatia in the Schengen area.
Yeah because we Austrians love spending our holidays in Croatia, but not Bulgaria or Romania
Proof that Austria's worries were not about migration, but about keeping Romania and Bulgaria economically weak
Yeah, and we all know that European law is supposed to be about specific petty interests, not what is actually written in signed treaties and other regulatory documents.
@@ThatOneDudeNextDoor Austrians are just Germans like how Moldovans are Romanians and Macedonians - Bulgarians. Everything else is just politics.
@@HeroManNick132 Oida hoit de goschn mia san kane oasch piefkes!
Maybe Romania and Bulgaria oppose some EU Veto power against Austrian interests
Just saying from Greece
Our political class lacks dignity, Romania is a nation that always abstains from any important matter regarding EU and external politics as a whole. If abstaining is not an option, then it blindly follows the majority. We never defend our interests, never. If some day the EU decides to implement something that Romania cannot economically sustain, then we would all be affected, because we lack perspective, sort of like willing slaves.
@RomanianOrder The way you talk implies how you think about yourself aswell, no?
Roman bro, take your destiny in your own hand.
They blocked Austria from Nato meetings
Bulgaria fired back by slowing down the trasnportation of over 100 trucks in Bulgaria that were going to Austria. Basically making border checks as slow as possible and checking every little thing. Our politicians are actually pretty smart on this when they didn't accept the shitty Austrian deal.
@@rawka_7929 thank you bulgaria for thinking on behalf of Romania too, then. We cannot join the Schengen area without you guys, so even if one of us does a mistake, the other one can save the day. Much respect
I hope Romania and Bulgaria will join Shengen and the eurozone as somebody from the Netherlands 🇳🇱🤝🇷🇴🇧🇬
You guys are great people and deserve all the best in my opinion 😊
I hope no from Romania
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@@Smartness_itself 🇳🇱💖🇧🇬
@@eduardmateescu0359 ❤️🇳🇱
No, Romania 🇷🇴 and Bulgaria🇧🇬 did not enter Schengen, although both countries fulfill all the requirements! Austria stopped Romania by claiming Schengen is threatened by migrants traversing our country, an accusation which Austria failed to prove. They also had no problem letting in Croatia at the same time they refused entry to Romania and Bulgaria.
Austria offered Romania a deal to take Austrian refugees in exchange to limited Schengen access. As a Romanian I can only say I am disappointed we still live in an age where we are seen as vassals who need to pay tribute in order to have access to what we rightfully deserve.
I would rather my country import refugees from Turkey and send them directly to Vienna as a sign of protest. Many Romanian hate how we are treated and want to elect a "tougher" leader.
Heck even if we imported oil from Russia, I wouldn't mind. Austria chose to sabotage Romania's economy, so why should we care about sanctions anymore. If the EU does nothing about Austria, they don't deserve our cooperation.
HAI SPUS VORBE SFINTE SI CORECTE. VRETI SA INTELEGETI CA TARA NOASTRA NU ESTE MAI PREJOS DE AUSTRIA & COMPAGNI. CAPUL SUS ROMANIA.MINDRIA NOASTRA DIN TIMPUL DACILOR NU TREBUIE CALCATA IN PICIOARE DE NIMENI.
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Schengen is not working due to illegal migration anyways. And the problems have been there since 2015. The Schengen-area crisis has been there for 9 years now. Austrians are checking their borders despite the Schengen agreement. But also Germany rebuilt checkpoints. Last time all passengers entering Germany from the Czech Republic had to leave the bus, while the police were checking the bus, luggage and everything. Back to the "good, old times." Schengen is not working. Why do you want to join something that does not work? You can control your own borders, you still have it all set up, you don't have to rebuild anything. Keep it that way, check your own borders, stay out of Schengen, you will be happier.
@@pethy1283 It should be up to us if we want to be in Schengen or not, not to Austria! If Schengen doesn't work, then why don't countries leave Schengen? If Austria wants to close its borders very well, but they shouldn't try to close Romania's borders.
@@pethy1283 if Schengen is not ok, why doesn't Austria leave the Schengen Area? Build whatever walls you want around you, not around us!
@@mirceadraga7421 We don't need walls, but we need efficient boundaries to stop illegal migration. Schengen in its shape and form is not OK now. I am not sure if Europe can keep up a borderless zone if illegal migration is so prevalent. Maybe we should just abolish Schengen, and turn back to normal borders. Or we need to reform the area for sure, then we can let new members in. Why would you join something that is not working? You can control your own borders and keep out illegal migrants. If you abolish border checks, you open up the doors for illegal migration...
This video seems to be lacking the counterarguments to what the Austrian chancellor is saying and takes it at face value.
In short, eurostat states that only 2% of migrants to Austria traveled through RO and BG.
i tried to fit it in but for my EUFlash series I am trying to keep videos at around 3 minutes. If a topic warrants it I will make longer videos going into these type of details.
@@EUMadeSimpleOK but you are romanian, this channel care mosttly to Romania - so naturally you are bias and you dont care to the austrian contre-opinion...
@@EUMadeSimple So showing what Austrian chancellor said fits well in the video, but showing the actual statistics provided by Schengen officials that contradicts the chancellor doesn't fit. Right. Talk about unbiased media.
@@RaduRadonys by that logic i would have to do the same for all the clips i provide. Including the statement from the MEP at the end of the video whether there are statistics to back it up. This is not what this series is about. Its quick and simple of what has happened. My longer videos will cover these topics in more detail. There are plenty of videos on youtube regarding this, and if there is demand i will create a video in more detail
And there is a simple geographical reason for this: the Danube (which is a bit wider down here than the brook near Vienna - between 500 and 3000 m). It makes up most of the border between RO and BG, with two bridges (and a few ferry connections) making natural choke points. Only between Silistra and the Black Sea is there a land border.
Let’s be honest - Austria blocking Bulgaria and Romania for Schengen has nothing to do with illegal migration. The majority if the illegal migrants in Austria are coming from Italy (as there is no border check on the Austria-Italy border) and not via the Balkans.
The reason for this is economical - if Romania and Bulgaria are in Schengen, they became really good place for setting up production and assembly factories, that are going to be HUGE competitors to all Austria-owned businesses in Central Europe. It is all about money, and not illegal migration or “the rule of law”.
Too much crime in Bulgaria and Romania
@@sassa82, really? I dont think so...
@@sassa82 Have you ever been to Bulgaria or Romania? Based on personal experience Bulgaria and Romania are MUCH safer countries than most of the West Europe countries (Germany, France or Belgium for example).
@@avatar9520202 I dont care if its safe or not. Alot of crimes and thiefs in western Europe and Scandinavia come from Bulgaria and Romania.
@@sassa82 Yeah, say that to France where if you go to Paris you have a feeling everyone will rob you. So stop hypocrisy!
We just want to go to the Greek seaside and not waste 4h at the borders, and also in Hungary too, the air is a small step but most importantly is the land route for us, especially for companies
Just for info, do/will road border controls work between Romania and Bulgaria? Because I think that in that case, I think that these border controls could be abolished.
yes, there are border controls @@RafaelMaps
@@RafaelMaps that's a really tricky subject as going in that direction would likely freak out EU and we would delay the proper Schengen integration by a lot. Besides that, the issues related to Romanian and Bulgarian border are far less stringent than the other crossing points. If Ro- Hu border crossing can take days for trucks and several hours for passenger cars, Ro-Bg crossing usually takes several hours for trucks and sometimes even a few minutes for cars. Even during the most busy periods, like public holidays, a passenger car would generally get through in a couple of hours max.
Bro, a single country blocking 2 countries and millions of people because of something that is most likely not even gonna change in or out.
Don't say Austria stopped Romania and Bulgaria because rising illegal migration: if that was to be the real reason, they wouldn't have accepted Croatia, but they did.
You are spot on. The reason beeing pretty obvious if you ever visited Croatia in summer.
It is ridiculous to see how veto rights play out.
It is illegal immigration that should be dealt with properly and ordinary citizens and legal work migrants should be allowed to move freely with their families unimpeeded, it's time legal migration stops being inconvenienced and treated poorly, just because illegal migration is hard to deal with... Europeans should be able to move freely within Europe!
Sure, create legal paths for those migrants from “illegal nations” to get in. Stop the wars, slavery and the economic control over those particular areas where these migrants come from.
What, like it has been dealt with in the UK? 🤣
"Europeans should be able to move freely within Europe!" Nope. EU citizens and EEA-country nationals should be able to move freely. EU or EEA are NOT the same as Europe.
@@_o..o_1871 These people are not guilty it's the USA who causes these conflicts.
@@jayfraxteaTrue but all Christian Europeans should be included
It is all about the economic power of Romania over Austria ,that's the real reason Austria opposed .
For me it was always a curious thing why Romania and Bulgaria don't open up the boarder between them first.
Because they don't trust each other perhaps?
@@joepaluka9031 Well... They both want into the Schengen area... So it's more or less inevitable, that they'll have to do it.
So it'd be nice to hear an alternative reason since I can't imagine them being so naive to think that the drop of boarders to the rest of EU will outweigh the reluctances that they have between themselves.
Because we are part of the EU and making our own Schengen zone won’t be approved in Union.
@user-mh9ry6nj1s can I just explain something? You get nothing in the EU for following their "rules" the EU forced the old Hungarian airline Malev to go bust because of government subsidy. Fast forward a few years, and the same EU allowed Germany to grant billions of state aid to lufthansa! Every single rule the EU has passed it has broken itself whenever it proved to be in the way! Stop being a soft touch!
@@user-mh9ry6nj1s Makes sense. TBH I haven't considered that such a thing would force EUs hand to accept either both or none in the Schengen area at the same time.
As a Bulgarian, this is obviously not all I had hoped for, but then again, having in mind that I've been waiting and dreaming nearly half of my life for this, and I had kind of started to lose hope a little, getting air Schengen is really a major step. I am pretty confident we'll be getting there sooner rather than later, albeit not immediately. And I can feel it because of all the support our countries (BG&RO) are getting in places like this comment section - for which I am tremendously grateful to everyone who expressed such support.
Това ти е мечта и надежда?
Can’t Romania and Bulgaria sue the countries that vetoed the full Schengen membership for all the billions lost? It was approved in 2011 by the European Parliament.
stop the hypocrisy it's absurd not to have them, there shouldn't be second class EU members. Romania and Bulgaria are full members of the EU and abide by the rules of Schengen, so no reason to stop their access to that, it's just protectionism, i doubt it has anything to do with migration.
It doesn t have anything to do with migration. Nehammer lied with the numbers of migrants...just a couple of hundred pass through Romania each year, definietly not 20 000. And it s Frontex that says it not Romanian authorities.
Thank you from Romania for your support! 🇷🇴
Unfortunately this year there are elections and extremist parties are having a big boost based on EU helplessness. The pro-Russian and anti-EU parties are now over 25% (from 10% four years ago).
Bruhaha this is a romanian channel
In Austria, we have a right-wing party whose support base is over 30% pro-Russian, largely due to unmonitored illegal immigration. Many locals are frustrated that their daily lives are filled with terror alerts during the holiday season and security checks at religious institutions, but at the same time we have fully lost controls at our country's borders. It's deeply unsettling.
Please stop them, like we did in Poland! Mobilize the youth, specifically. It’s scary how many countries ended up with 20%+ „patriotic” (read: fascist) parties. Greetings to Romania, one of my favourite travel spots, such a beautiful place
@@tomekdarda we can only stop them if we fix the mass illegal migration issue from arabic countries.
@@tomekdarda What you did in Poland? Unlawfull leftie terror! If there is ball on the PiS side, they would kick out this new-bolshevik goverment!
Lets move to Romanua, I hope they would rob you as their behaviour...
Great video. Full Schengen accession now! Greetings from Belgium. It has been a shame, get rid of the ridiculous VETO system!
Thanks for watching!
Funny thing is that Belgium is a small country, and small countries benefit the most from the veto system.
@@RaduRadonys I might be wrong but I don't think Belgium used its veto rights a lot.
Only when you think only about your own country while forgetting the bigger picture/good. We can not afford the VETO system in this superpower world. The benefits of a QMV system outweigh imho the problems of the VETO system, even for me as a Belgian.@@RaduRadonys
First of all, Romania and Bulgaria must make an agreement on free movement between their borders. I don't understand why they didn't do this 11 years ago.
I never experienced any organized crime in Romania while I stayed there. The only European country I experienced with organized crime was Hungary, and it was rampant there. The level of corruption in Hungary was truly shocking for me. I've been to nearly every EU country, and it was only Hungary that I experienced corruption and organized crime. The police and criminal gangs work hand in hand there. I'm not saying these things don't exist in other countries in the EU, just that I never experienced them anywhere but Hungary.
Indeed Hungary is the most corrupt state of the EU.
Any prove on this?
@@davidmcdonald2104 You want me to prove my personal experience?
Hungarian and Croatian president are only two smart leaders in EU, they care about their national interests.
@@billfrehe6620 no, but just tell about them
Hungary can be a full member, so can Romania and Bulgaria, there is no difference.
Exactly! Finally a smart person.
Romania invested a lot of money between 2008-2011, during a financial crisis in order to comply with the technical schengen regulation. The only reason Romania and Bulgaria are not yet part of Schengen area is the corruption of the western leaders who were in Russia's pocket: Sarkozy and Merkel specifically and now Nehammer. Please adress this point of view in your next video on the subject.
generally we need to have a more open, transparent and dynamic Europe.. so let’s move on and be open and supportive to each other and not suspicious and worried.. it’s time to see Romania and Bulgaria as one of us 🇩🇰 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 🇪🇺
Yes I think we firstly need to start with relaxing travel restrictions so that all Europeans can enjoy visa free travel within Europe cuz some countries like the western Balkans or turkey and other eastern European/transcontinental countries can't travel visa free to some or most of Europe. And I think it's a no brainer that if there's countries who are ready to join Schengen should be admitted. As well as there's many countries who are ready to join eurozone or the EU or could easily join it but don't want to and that's a no brained too they should join. I think there's far more positives in openness and unity than negatives for everyone including the general population of every European country
@@yordanakushelieva you cannot have a more open & transparent EU when knife wielding lunatics roam around freely in our cities and towns praying on the defenseless !
@@linkme2dnet Questo succede in tutti i paesi dell' area SCHENGEN, non solo in Romania e Bulgaria. Sembra un po' razzismo contro questi 2 paesi. Se mi sbaglio chiedo scusa.
@@camelianedelcu5640 raga ma xk non scrivi in inglese; così tutti ti potranno capire senza usare il traduttore :))))
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sorry from Austria
It's ok it's not your fault, it's our goverments fault 🇧🇬❤️🇦🇹
If you are sorry you should regret yourself that your chancelor is an idiot
Todo mi apoyo para los rumanos y los búlgaros, tienen todo el derecho del mundo a compartir el espacio europeo.
Bulgaria and Romania should've joined Schengen together with Croatia in December 2022. Full access. That would've been a justice.
Croatia is a civilised country, not country of cheaters and thieves like Romania and Bulgaria. As a Czech, I fully support Croatia in schengen, but I am totaly against accepting Romania and Bulgaria, all cheaters and thieves in my country are from these 2 countries and I work with Romanian workers, so I know these people, they don't belong to civilsied society which schengen is, they belong to "russian world" or how to call that, just lying, cheating, stealing, corruption, they don't know anything else.
@@Pidalin Yeah, enjoy your immigrants then, xenophob. Also Slovakia is a gypsy paradise for Schengen like Spain.
Should have 10 years ago!!!!
@@cosmincasuta486 Yes, but 2015/2016 European migrant crisis postponed entrance of Bulgaria and Romania, and Croatia into the Schengen Area. Countries which joined the EU in 2004 bar Cyprus joined Schengen after just 3 years of being the members. Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia waited way too long to be accepted.
@@TheMercyBeat The migrant crises has nothing to do with Romania or Bulgaria!!! And Cyprus is not a member of Schengen and will be difficult to become one in the closest future, as a part of the country is turkish!
can someone please explain this to me: If Hungary and Romania share a non-schengen border which means everyone should be checked upon crossing borders, how is Austria having illegal immigrants any proof that Romania has corrupt border crossings? When entering Hungary or any other Schengen zone from Romania, the Schengen country HAS to check everyone's ID. If anything, this shows me that if they have an illegal immigrant problem, the existing schengen countries ARE the culprit by failing to properly check those entering their countries.
as a Romanian, I doubt we can call this progress. Showing your ID when flying in / out of Romania is barely an inconvenience whereas the economical damage done by not being in terestrial Schengen is huge and where the actual problem lies. What we got now is just dust blown in our face, and might be even a setback if they make up new requirements for the terestrial one. This just shows Austria's adversarity towards Romania and it's an issue which should be tackled by EU, since that's its job
Its not about checking id's. Its about crossing borders illegally. For example on the green border ir by smugglers
The EU’s existence is all about freedom of movement of people, goods and capital. So the fact that member states would not be in Schengen has always struck me as a huge paradox that makes zero sense.
First of all the EU's existence has never once been about movment of people, dont make stuff up bro.. Second it makes perfect sense. Some countries take illegal immigration more serious than others. Freedom of goods and people is not remotely the same
I find it incredibly frustrating that so many people are prejudiced against eastern europe. My mom regularly talks about her visit to Romania in the 80s under Ceaușescu, talking about how horrible and unsafe it was implying that the situation is the same almost 40 years later. It's now one of the 50 most developed countries in the world and having closer connections and easier trade with them will benefit us all.
It doesn’t feel like its in top 50… and even if it sounds great, there’s only 190 or so countries out of which most are in severe poverty. Being just a little above average considering we are in Europe and not a south american failed democracy or a former african colony is sad. Romania did not develope through competence of leadership but inertia, only the largest cities visibly developed (some more than others) and that is due to the private sector allowing Romanians to finally be a part of a growing middle class, but as this middle class grows, so does public debt, so does inflation, so does the cost of living. Truth is, Romania missed the train a long time ago
From the 90s opportunities of foreign investments to the 2020s rejection in the Schengen area, it is all the result of constant missed opportunities and lack of perspective from politicians and population.
Romanians are wealthier, but more individualistic and ignorant, just saw a comment above that is angry on the entirety of Austria because he cannot drive to Greece for a 4 day summer holiday… completely unaware of the real reason why the Schengen area is important to us.
@@RomanianOrder, take the high-speed fibre internet you get in almost every Romanian village for less than 10€ ... and compare this to the low bandwidth copper internet that German villagers get for three times the price ...Truth is, Germany missed the train a long time ago and lives on its substance, while Romania is moving forward year by year. Speaking as a German that moved from Munich to Brașov.
@@jayfraxteaAs a citizen of Canada and Romania I say Canada is the richest country in the world run by idiots. Now I believe the same thing about Germany. Both countries have so much potential but lately they have been run by very corrupt and incompetent individuals. Greetings from Zürich!
@@RomanianOrdersorry but Romania developed where people are hard workers and honest with a proper education to not vote corrupt politicians and mayors just for 1l of oil and sugar… just look at how Transylvania looks like ( which is two times more developed than the rest of Romania ) and then look at Moldova, Oltenia and Muntenia… they are like two different countries in terms of developing, wealth, culture, ideology etc.
@@dacian_1346 so you are implying people from Oltenia and Moldova are not hard working, honest or educated? As an Oltenian this is ridiculous and I highly suggest you take a trip down to Earth from your superiority complex up in those mountains. Transylvania is not better than the rest of the country, and even where it seems like it is, it is definitely not related to the quality of “hard working honest people” that the rest don’t seem to have. It is about geographical proximity to the west and nothing more. Are you implying that people in Transylvania live better than people in Bucharest? Have you ever been to Salaj, Bistrita-Nasaud, Harghita, Covasna, Hunedoara? Do any of these seem wealthy? They are the same transylvanians who are so much more educated and hard working than us Oltenians are, right?
Bucharest is around 20% of the entire nation’s income, money that gets redistributed to where it’s most needed. The very few politicians transylvanian towns have that properly achieved something also exist in other parts of the country, but that doesn’t mean much has changed, my point still stands.
This whole deal is, in layman's terms, a spit between the eyes to RO and BG. Austria agreed to air and water access, which from an economical and industrial point of view, is useless as most of the trade is done by land. In exchange, they forced RO and BG to take in illegal refugees that Austria (and the rest of EU) do not want in their countries. And the Romanian politicians were just too dumb and hastily said Yes to the deal in order to win votes. I, for one, do not like to be treated like a 2nd class EU citizen and have illegal immigrants all around the country receiving social benefits and who do not care about integration and respecting the hosting country's culture like in other western states. We cannot be "fair and square for everybody" as long as rules apply differently, either between EU states or among different groups of citizens.
It’s funny how you point out the discrimination faced by Romanians and then you ignore the discrimination faced by migrants. You are the reason why we’re not in Schengen yet. You racists are like a plague! Shame on y’all!
100%!
The Schengen countries at the border of the Schengen area are obligated to register all incoming persons, including illegal immigrants. The countries are responsible for sending those immigrants back to their home countries if . If Romania failed to register and document 20k people, as the Austrian guys said in the video, it is not prepared to be a member of the Schengen area. It's as simple as that.
@@PrexXyx I do not want to disagree with you or Nehammer on this topic but I have to tell you a tale from 2016 from my hometown, Corabia, on the Danube.
A syrian refugee swam across the river from Bulgaria and arrived in Corabia. He was so shocked by how ugly and abandoned Corabia looked like, that the border police saw him swimming back after landing 😅
lol, you are crying about the 5 migrants in Romania but demand you enter Schengen and don't care that countries like Austria will end up with tens of thousands of more migrants because of you
It's funny how the touristic Croatia joined the EU 6 years after RO and BG, yet still entered the eurozone and Schengen in 2022/23. Almost like the developed EU doesn't mind illegal immigration (let's be honest, Croatia is still a southern border to the EU) as long as they can have easy access to a nice beach or a nice city. Hypocrisy at its finest, especially by Austria.
You don't understand the historical ties between Croats and their western neighbours ... and (I'm sad to say) you're naive enough to think this is just a matter of some bureaucratic checkboxes that need to be ticked.
No ty, we don t want euro this decade at least
Look at Europe borders before WWI. That will answer all this discussion . The litle Austrian Adolf keep sayng that imigrants are coming thru Romania, claim that is completly false. Why in the world Romania and Bulgaria keep asking to join Schengen, when is obvious they are not allowed. They should get illegal imigrants coming thru Balkans to and send them Vienna.
@@qwertyqwerty-zi6dr I mean I agree that Romania and Bulgaria shouldn't be so quick to join the eurozone, but it's a matter of principle. We're getting shafted and Croatia just gets a fast track to all the EU benefits despite still having major corruption problems and a similarly weak and susceptible democracy.
@@BenchFox_for Euro Romania is not ready and didn’t make any progress in 15 years… thus I don’t thing the government is interested in joining the Eurozone for now… Croatia entered first cause it’s more developed and richer than Romania with a more stable economy that can support the Euro without going in a massive economic crisis like Greece did because it joined too early.
About time they get to join, glad to see some progress being made at least. Europeans should be able to move freely in Europe 🇸🇪 ❤🇷🇴 🇧🇬
Finally they let our european brothers enter the Shengen area ❤
Basically no Schengen for Bulgaria and Romania, also Greece, since their land border is with Bulgaria....so westeners screwed us again
Austria makes a lot of money from exploiting Romania's resources, from that single fact should not veto Romania's enter request in the Schengen area. Even if a lot of migrants are entering from Romania, they can be integrated in the countries that they are settling form much more cheaper than the profits made out of Romania. My point is, with or without migrants this will be a win-win situation for both Romania and Austria, economically speaking. Romania has a lot of problems but what country dose not have? Especially with the rise of Fascism and Nationalism in the EU, we should make sure that we are strong together against the new fascist political movements. This is my view as a simple citizen, without any degree in economics or social science.
Western europe:
Why easten europe is so eurisceptic and elects right partys?
Also western europe:
Even western Europe is eurosceptic nowadays😂. But yeah this doesn't help.
I mean yeah if they were not fulfilling the requirements it would make sense to veto them, but considering the fact that it has been already confirmed by EU that they fulfilled the requirements and are ready to join it is absolute nonsense to veto them just because they don't want them in Schengen. For example it would make sense why western Balkan countries are not in EU since they don't fulfill the requirements yet so they have no one to blame for that but themselves that they're not working hard enough and progressing with the requirements fast enough. But in this case it is not Romania and Bulgaria fault but it's rather austria's fault and Romanians and Bulgarians are in their right to be Eurosceptic when they witness this rejection which is unjustified in any way
I welcome our eastern brothers and sisters 🇸🇪🤝🇧🇬🇷🇴
GRAZIE DALLA PARTE DI ROMANIA, NON SONO D'ACCORDO CON LA MODALITÀ.
There was no problem of security when they allowed Croatia in last year...
Croatian border police shown proof of adequately dealing with migrants and asylum seekers since the crisis in Syria. By adequately, I mean forcible detention, beatings, torture and deportation in a repeated and systematic manner. Austrian politicians were pleased, and gave the nod.
I had an accident at the border. Just reminded me that as a balken born European, I am second class
Once again EU showing that BG and RO are second class citizen
And they are right...
Who the hell are you to dare to insult us,@@kevhynaleks2631
@@kevhynaleks2631 Yes, and you are a second hand child for your mother.
your mother. @kevhynaleks2631
@@kevhynaleks2631 Is Victor Orban paying you to say this or Karl Nehammer?
oh really ? too many immigrants ?how nice,why don't we also talk about immigrants that come through italy and greece then ?
italy and greece have less of an corruption issue. Italy and greece are also prime destinations for immigrants since of the mediterenean see.
The worry is illegal immigrants, not legal immigrants from southern Europe.
@@devyiron874 but also ilegal migrants by plane from non eu countries like austria has the russian hub in vienna which many spies enter ilegaly with fake citizenship from serbia,Cyprus,Turkey and Georgia
@@devyiron874 Lol. Did you seriously write that without any sarcasm ?
@@devyiron874that is pretty funny
This Nehammer is an awful lier....i hope austrians won't get fouled by him again and they will not vote him next time
11 years in EU, waiting for Schengen, doesn’t seem just.
16 years in EU actually, not 11. They joined in 2007.
@@RaduRadonys indeplinim conditiile din 2011 nu din 2007, deci 11 (pana in decembrie 2022) care s au transformat in 13 :)))))
Can you make a new video, because now Renew Europe MEPs have proposed the rapid creation of a mini-Schengen between Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, to be operational this summer, to ease the heavy tourist traffic between the three EU Balkan countries.
will look into it
@@EUMadeSimple thank 🙏
@@EUMadeSimple please make this video
Seeing your thumbnail with Nehammer in the thumbnail kinda ruined my evening
Romania is NOT part of the illegal migration path.
Those could not have come from Romania, since they never set foot in Romania to begin with!
As an important and reliable neighbour for Ukraine, Romania will be vetoed by Austria as long as the pro-russian austrian government is in charge. It is that simple. Russians invested more in Austria than Austria in Romania, think about the oil and natural gas from Russia. Hopefully the 2024 elections in Austria will change that.
Austrias Government is everything but Pro Russian💀💀💀
Yeap, my biggest gratitude to Romanians. All my fellow Ukrainians said they are treated very well there.
And u are right regarding Austria, it is a country where post Soviet kleptocrats washes money for decades. No jokes, probably 50% of elite villas in the Alps belong to Russian oligarchs. Austria has a huge Russian lobby
It has nothing to do with Russia, dude! And it's up to Austria to buy energy or trade other commodities to whomever they prefer! It's NOT up to you! 😏
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It's somewhat sad, that they still do buy things from the neo-nazis.
But actually the big idol of Putin was from Austria originally.
@@fls6767Austrian elites are sold to the Russians. Their own wellbeing is their purpose. Do you know that Austrian company OMV owns a great stake in Romanian off shore oil extraction and has been delaying the start of exploitation of the oil field that can bring independence from Russian oil to Austria too?
I just wish the UK would join Schengen.
let them fully in! it will strengthen our union
Unfortunately the double-sideness of this union might lead to the collapse of it. No wonder why the UK wanted to leave it after all of this.
*Only 🇨🇾Cyprus left in the waiting list now!*
A little bit difficult for Cyprus with Northen part of the country
I think the main reason why Cyprus is not in Schengen is because of turkey, claiming that there is a country on the norhtern part to the island
If Cyprus were to join the Schengen area before Romania and Bulgaria do so fully ,as a Romanian,I wold be very disappointed and angry at the EU . And I'm more pro-eu than most Romanians
In northern Europe is not that hard to understand as we have had major issues with roaming cirminals for a long time.
It is a spit in the face of Romania and Bulgaria. It is a disgrace, an insult. It is a very big loss for Romania and Bulgaria, we are treated like 2nd class citizens in the European Union. I will vote for eurosceptic party in the coming election in 2024, we are certainly not treated like equals in the EU.
In the 2024 elections, I hope that a party that truly represents the interests of the Romanians will win. I am waiting for a president who knows that he also has the right to VETO against any Austrian interest at least 12 years from now.
Honestly, in this case it would have been better to remain outside Schengen, because then tourists would have come to Romania and Bulgaria in order to reset the Schengen clock and then RO and BG would have had at least some financial gain. Now RO and BG lose both the tourists (as the Schengen clock will be applied to these countries because they will start issuing Schengen visas) and spend even more time waiting at the land border (which was the big issue) in exchange for 10 minutes less waiting time at the airport...What a " bargain "!!!
So if I'm from Australia and want to go into Romania to be 'outside' the Schengen zone, should I go by air or sea? Or by land?
I find it confusing.
Idk, based on what kind of government forms in The Hague, it might not be Austria (alone) which would stand in the way of Schengen expansion...
Well, yes, but actually, no
All UK people would like to rejoin in EU and join in Schengen area 🙏🏻🇪🇺🇪🇺🇬🇧
Please we want no border checks for uk citizens when we travel to Schengen
Can't put into words how much I'd love that as an EU citizen with a masters + certificates who can't get into the UK to save his life (due to the need for a visa; same issue with the US).
Don't worry, they we rejoin soon.
Not in a million years.
100% they will rejoin, as soon as they kick the looney right-wing Conservatives out of power. And we will welcome them with open arms and there is nothing you will be able to do about it. @@MENSA.lady2
Will the land border controls between the two countries still remain?
The Border between Rom/bul has been gone for a while since 2023
@@kaanyasin3733 Since when? I live on the Romanian-Bulgarian border and I'm used to seeing kilometers long lines of trucks before entering my city.
no, it will stay in place. I've heard regular people saying that we should sort of join schengen as much as we can "by force", meaning that we should simply give up on any border checks with the rest of the EU. This would essentially create a mini-schengen among the two, and there will at least be a border control with Hungary only on Hungarian side, and with Greece only on the Greek side. But I haven't heard of any proper official proposal on this matter.
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I call it an insult to 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 and xenophobic lies. Austria says it is concerned about migration, but migrants take the western balkan route, passing thigh Croatia. In 2022, Austria approved Coratia's Schengen ascension, but not Romania's. Second class Schengen should not have been approved, and I see it as an insult to those two countries
Indeed Austria never proved their illegal-migration-through-Romania-story while the western balkan route is well documented.
Eu nu inteleg de ce zice toata lumea ca prin Romania nu trec migranti cand i-am vazut cu ochii mei de mai multe ori trecand pe la noi prin tara.(poate te referi ca e un numar mai mic de persoane care trec fata de celelalte rute dar sa zici ca Romania nu e o ruta e o minciuna)
btw:Sunt de acord cu tine ca suntem suntem tratati ca cetateni de clasa 2 si ca aprobarea Croatiei arata ipocrizie din partea Austriei
'I don't understand why everyone says that migrants do not pass through Romania when I saw them with my own eyes many times passing the country.(maybe you are referring to the fact that a small number of people passes compared to other routes but saying Romania is not a route is a lie)
btw:I approve your point that we are treated as second class citizens and allowing Croatia to enter shows hipocrisy from Austria.
@@user-mt5uk1oq5g prin Romania trec mult mai putini migranti prin comparatie cu Croatia. Nu zice nimeni ca nu sunt migranti care trec pe la noi, dar nu e ruta principala prin Romania.
@@user-mt5uk1oq5g, as fabiss said, the few that make it to Romania don't really count, compared to those who make it on other well-established routes.
Most of the illegal migrants enter the EU via the sea anyway. Bulgarias land border to Turkey is likely more secure than the Greek or Italian coastline.
Didn't I hear that Austria was bullshitting the numbers and Bulgaria and Romania had to prove it lmao?
Proof it instead of making bullshit up!
Yeah and when they proved it. They Austria changed their narrative again
Does this mean bad news for people looking to do visa runs? Previously, it was nice to have the option to pause the Schengen clock, and get additional time in the EU.
wasn't there a scandal with von der leyen and kiril petkov ?
This is still treating Romania and Bulgaria as second hand European citizens!!!
And whats worse, from my perspective, is that the Romanian politicians are completely inept at actually playing this right. Austria is a major player in the banking and energy sectors in Romania but at no point their presence was threaten by the pusillanimous Romanian politicians and continued to treat us as a colony because they could. If an approval was granted 11 years ago but never actually implemented then it sure makes sense for Romania to nationalize Austrian assets and kick them out of the country entirely...in the end Austrians are closer to Russians anyway nowadays politically, not in NATO thus they are more of an "enemy by association" then a reliable partner.
Yes but doing that will definitely leaves us out of Schengen you might say!
Yes and No! The EU has started talks to reform and unanimity of decisions is going bye bye. If we Romanians were kept at the door for 11 years, we can carry our cross a bit more until the EU is reformed but regain our dignity!
This is undignified what Austria is doing!
And they are correct in that we ARE second rate citizens, wether you like it or not! 🤷
Explain what that means to you please? @@fls6767
Unanimity will never be delete. Small countries will never accept that!
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yeah investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity but venturing into any legitimate Investment without a proper guidance of an expert can lead to a great loss too....
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Can you recommend a guide or a mentor for me ?
Will Romania and Bulgaria open land borders to each other, in the meantime? Why wait for full schengen, to do that?
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So where does the other 80% come from?
God fucking damn it Austria... Just let it go.
1million years later: Austria still blocks Bulgaria and Romania accession💀💀💀
It doesn't make any sense to allow air and sea but not land. That's is gonna cause a lot of trouble
As an Austrian this makes me so embarrassed about my country :/
Dw brother it's only our goverments fault, not you 🇧🇬❤️🇦🇹
even if 20k migrants cross Romania's border(which is not true), the other 55k cross Croatia's border who had no problem joining...stop the BS, Austria!
How about you stop bullshitting around?
EU needs to help shore up the Eastern Borders so that Europeans can move freely within Europe.
Can you do a video on Italian European army, love you’re vids cheers
If I were to decide in Romania or Bulgaria I would just seriously consider to relay the message to "Brussels", that we are no longer interested in joining "Schengen" or the Euro (money). This would cause instant panic in the EU headquarters amd Austria would be told in no uncertain terms to cave in on their requirements.
And what about visas? Are Ro and Bg visas now valid for whole Schengen area?
I heard recently the Romanian PM on the news bragging that Romania will be able to issue Schengen visas. I don't know if those would be separate from the visas Romania issued until now. Also, Romania's PM is kind of dumb and sometimes he's not aware of the meaning of the words coming out of hist mouth, so there's that.
Visa? Wat visa? No visa. Thats EU .
@@Streleny, non EU-member state foreigners of course need visa, though many of them give a shit on that and just enter illegaly. The TOs question was if Romania (or Bulgaria) could issue visa for the whole Schengen-area then, besides the existing Romania-only visa.
@@jayfraxtea xaxaxa
let's tell the truth, migrants are not the reason for not accepting the two countries in schengen, the real reason is the ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg and chinese cargo and they are not worried about the ports in Bulgaria and Romania, but about the ports in Athens and Thessaloniki
They are also worried of our ports,Constanta and Varna have developed massively in the last couple of years.
As if these were the only ports in the EU.
@@fd2824 of course they are not, but these 2 ports handle 80% of Chinese cargo for Central Europe, why is that, why are they not handled by, for example, the ports of Athens or Thessaloniki, which are more convenient and big enough to handle this cargo? The reason is one of the border controls Greece/Bulgaria, Bulgaria/Romania, Romania/Hungary, which significantly slows down the movement of goods. Perhaps you will ask the question, what is the role of Austria here? probably, as always in history, it plays the role of Germany's proxy:)
@@king-mihai Constanta and Varna are not a direct threat to the ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg, because of the Bosphorus the time is quite long, especially when it comes to cargo coming from China. The big competitor is the port of Piraeus, which, by the way, is managed by a Chinese company
But why are they worried about the ports in Athens and Thessaloniki? As far as I know, these ports are very small, especially Thessaloniki is almost non existent. I live in Athens and I am currious to learn. And how would products be transported from Athens and Thessaloniki to wealthy western Europe? The railroad system here in Greece is very basic as far as I know, and incapable of accommodating big quantities of freight. I suppose the costs would also be much higher, than transporting everything by ship to Rotterdam and Hamburg.
Austria should either leave or be expelled from Schengen!!! They can put land control on their borders and not ruin the whole EU idea.
Your brhaaain expelled sorrowfull. Can you just stop this verbal eedhweotism?
Very, very smart. Austria should take care alone of their shit at the borders.
@kevhynaleks2631 why, is it too smart for you?
@@booneclaudi753austria constantly opens and closes its borders with its neighbours
Austria should be suspended in the EU
We are treated by the West like the last beggars, same with the company's that are located in Ro and Bg. Very low salary's and 12H shift , and demand from a day shift is huge... When will this stop?
Is the EU or EZ buying countries to join so to increase immigrants volume?
Armenia and the eu
Armenia in Asia...
I love these 2 countries
But i do fear mass migration, both from them, and middleEasterners walking from greece to holland
Why would Romanian emigrate after they enter schengen… Romanians can live and emigrate wherever they want in the EU even now… it has nothing to do with migration but border checks mostly for lorries… a citizen can cross it without any problem just with the ID lmao.
There is no mass migration from these 2 countries as Croatia, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands. This is just interests, politics and hypocrisy of why they delay it.
You are being an idiot ... romanians and bulgarians can move, travel and live in Austria and Netherland since EU membership ... the idea is to not be checked at the hungarian border for ID, because it takes time and is frustrating ... wtf is wrong with you people, we are able to travel, work, buy land, apartments since EU membership ... the gypsies already visited you, besides that have you seen mass immigration from romanians and bulgarians???? Regarding middleeasterns and north africans they have simpler routes via Greece - Balkans - Croatia and Italy, Spain, Malta
They can be admitted after reforms in EU.
Does this bring romania into the schengen 90 day rule for non EU citizens?
no
The problem for Bulgaria and Romania delay in entry in sengen area isn't its people nor politicians nor Europe nor corruption. The problem is turkey. Turkey sends illegal migrants (Muslim men in their 20s). Most of them end up in greece hoping for moving to Germany or something. If Romania joins, turkey can send people to Romania via boats, just like how it does to Greek Islands. If Bulgarian joins, turkey can send immigrants via boat and boarder. Now there is a grey zone in Balkans all countries are in shengen apart from these 2. Immigrants enter greece and have nowhere to go, some stay some go back. If Romania and Bulgaria join shengen, the process of moving people to Europe gets easier, and Europe can't allow itself to change drastically and have little gazas everywhere. 😮😮
Then how Greece is in Schengen if they also border Turkey?
The problem is Germany, making it easy for illegal migrants to enter and stay forever. Ten years ago, before Germanys chancellor Merkel opened the borders and hearts, illegal migration was no big thing besides a few thousand soldiers of fortune at the Pas de Calais.
Honestly yes, I wouldn't want want even more muslims in Europe. You guys seem like you have more than enough
@@okplay9446, there's enough free space in Germany! Public German television tells this "truth" week by week to "educate" the current population.
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greece is somehow a chekcpoin. some leave greece towards western europe becuase western europe wants these human traficers to send people in doses. to fix demography issues. (i dont believe that last one. it is just german/dutch/ french etc. dont want to do labour work. only office work).
also greece entered E.U. in 1981. back then there wasnt any immigrant crisis. Romania and Bulgaria gained independence during Soviet and Yugoslav collapse, their immidiate neighbours. Who says if they didnt enter E.U. 14 years later in 2007 insread of right away, europe didnt fill with Yugoslav (mostly Kosovar and Serbian migrants and Poor Romanian and Bulgarian seeking for better life conditions ???)
every era has its peculiarities. In 1981 for greece there wasnt any from W.Europe towards greece to "discriminate" it from priviliges, the other 10-ish E.U. countries had. Pros where more than Cons for Greece to Join E.U. and Shengen. For (back at the time) Romania and Bulgaria, the Cons are equal with the Pros. Thus E.U. members were hesitant. thats why you see 27 member nowadays and not 36 (Eastern+Balkan European countries like Bosnia &Herz, Albania, Moldova, Ukraine etc.) Cons are far more than the Cons. imagine their negiotiations fro them to join.
Indian passport here, I'll be visiting romania on business visa valid till April 2024, can I enter schengen country in April?
Long live Sebastian Kurz ❤️
West Europe is not so safe anymore, so there are no reason to not allow Romania and Bulgaria to join schengen
Then why don't they improve their border control?