Brussels 24/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - The issue of enlargement of the Schengen area to include Bulgaria and Romania has resurfaced in French political debate, with the opposition calling on the Socialist President to spell out France's position on Bulgaria's and Romania's joining the Schengen area on 1 January 2014.
Last week, the French home affairs minister, Socialist Manuel Valls, gave his views on the matter, expressing hostility to these two countries' joining the free-movement area...