The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Nikolaï Denkov, called for his country and Romania to be rapidly admitted to the Schengen area of free movement of people, on Wednesday 22 November, during an address to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
“Bulgaria meets all the criteria for joining the Schengen area. Any delay is discouraging for the public”, said Mr Denkov to a packed hemicycle. In his view, the reintroduction of border controls by certain Member States, which...