The European Parliament called on Member States on 18 October (and not on the 20, as erroneously reported by EUROPE), to allow Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Area of free movement, in a resolution adopted by 547 votes to 49 with 43 abstentions.
Considering the Schengen Area to be one of the EU’s greatest successes, MEPs criticised the EU Council’s inability to make a decision on the integration of Romania and Bulgaria, even though these two countries have fulfilled all the...