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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10222

25 September 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Sofia and Bucharest refuse Roma link to their accession to Schengen

Brussels, 24/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - The Bulgarian and Romanian Presidents, Gueorgui Parvanov and Traian Basescu respectively, announced in Sofia on Thursday 23 September that they would not accept that the accession of their countries to the Schengen zone be linked to the current Roma affair. “Our first priority within the European Union is to join the Schengen zone in March 2011 (...). We categorically oppose direct or indirect links being made with other issues, notably the Roma”,...

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