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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9129

11 February 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states/visas
Mr Barroso urges Washington to speed up removal of requirement for visas for citizens of new EU Member States

Brussels, 10/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso launched a new appeal to American authorities to put an end to the “discrimination” against the citizens of the ten new EU Member States who, unlike nationals of the “old” Member States, still have to have a visa to travel to the United States. The fifteen old Member States, with the exception of Greece, belong to Washington's “visa waiver scheme”, which allows their citizens to enter...

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