Netherlands to Block Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry

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The Netherlands will "work against" Bulgaria and Romania joining the Schengen Agreement, the country's Immigration Minister Gerd Leers promised late on Thursday evening, according to a report by news agency Novinite.

Neither Bulgaria nor Romania is doing enough to combat corruption, Leers reportedly told the Dutch Parliament, pointing out this is a fact confirmed by a European Commission report this summer.

The European Commission is expected to look at the issue next week and the Netherlandswill use its veto if it appears Bulgaria and Romania are to be admitted, Leers said, as cited by the ANP News Agency.

ANP has stated that Finland, too, supports the Dutch position.

Bulgaria expects to get a date for accession to the Schengen Area at the upcoming External Affairs EU Council sitting on September 22.

The EU's latest members Bulgaria and Romania, who joined in 2007, were expected to enter Schengen in the spring of 2011, but their accession was blocked by a number of older member states, such as the France and Germany.

It is a common perception that both Bulgaria and Romania have fulfilled the technical requirements for Schengen accession, but their entry has been opposed on the grounds of what other members claim to be persisting problems with corruption and organized crime.

"Bulgaria and Romania have met the technical criteria for Schengen membership. Unfortunately, the issue has been politicized," His Excellency Leszek Hensel, Ambassador of Poland to Bulgaria, reportedly told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) in exclusive interview. He added that the decision about Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen Area would be shaped precisely during the Polish EU Presidency in September 2011.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/netherlands-to-block-bulgaria-romania-schengen-entry

[Albion]

Good.

[Damião de Góis]

Good.

The British Isles are not part, we need a passport to go there.

[The Lawspeaker]

Good. I think we should leave Schengen for the time being anyway or form our own little Schengen-area with the Southern Netherlands and Luxembourg as a first step towards a little BeNeLux-Union.

[billErobreren]

bout damn time

[Don]

The British Isles are not part, we need a passport to go there.

Probably more than a passport to be allowed to enter in their home.

[morski]

What`s up janissary:-) Hating your fellow bulgarians as usual, eh?

[Albion]

The British Isles are not part, we need a passport to go there.

I know. It's a shame the Schengen has been enlarged so much, it should just be the France, Germany, Benelux, Iberia and the British Isles should join too.
All these countries are very interlinked in many ways, it'd make things a lot easier whilst not opening the west of Europe up to economic migrants from the east.

The only problem is the africans and muslims who'd take advantage of this and move from the Netherlands and France to Britain and vice-versa

[hajduk]

Damn I hoped we could send more gypsies there

[Gaztelu]

This is a good start for the Netherlands. From there, they can hopefully block immigration from Africa, Asia, and the New World.

Damn I hoped we could send more gypsies there

Expect nothing less (or more) from Bulgarians (and Romanians).