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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10673
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha

Hans-Pieter Friedrich sceptical about Schengen enlargement

Brussels, 23/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - There is little chance of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area of free movement in 2012, the German minister for the interior, Hans-Peter Friedrich, suggested at the beginning of August, saying in an interview with Rheinische Post that he was sceptical of this enlargement. “I think opening the borders to Bulgaria and Romania is impossible at this stage”, he said. In Friedrich's opinion, the two countries would indeed not be...