The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee is once again criticising the fact that the Member States have been delaying Bulgaria's and Romania's accession to the Schengen area for the past seven years, despite the fact that both countries have met all the technical criteria.
By adopting Sergei Stanishev's (S&D, Bulgaria) own-initiative report on Monday 5 November by a large majority (36 votes in favour, 4 against, 1 abstention), MEPs also rejected the option of a two-stage...