European Union countries agreed Thursday to allow Croatia to fully open its borders and participate in Europe's ID-check-free travel zone, but no immediate decision was announced on the other two of the bloc's newest members, Bulgaria and Romania.
"The Schengen area is growing for the first time in more than a decade," the Czech Republic, which holds the EU's rotating presidency tweeted. "Ministers approved Croatia's membership as of 1 January 2023!"The so-called Schengen area is the world's largest free travel zone. It comprises 26 countries -- 22 EU states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Almost 1.7 million people live in one Schengen country and work in another. Around 3.
Last month, the EU's executive branch, the European Commission, ruled that all three candidate countries meet the technical criteria for joining, and the European Parliament has also voted in favor of their membership. Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca said Wednesday that his government has had "meetings at the highest levels" with Austria to try to ease the concerns, and noted that data shows "Romania is not on migration flows that would generate fears."
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev hit back, writing on Facebook that three Bulgarian border officials have been killed in recent months while protecting the bloc's external borders. "Instead of European solidarity," Radev said, "Bulgaria receives cynicism."
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