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EU partially allows Bulgaria and Romania into Schengen area
December 31, 2023 at 07:50
Airports and seaports to be part of border-free area from March 31
EU governments have agreed to a partial accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the bloc’s border-free Schengen area from March 31 2024, a long-delayed move that had increased tensions among capitals.
“I am very pleased that in 2024 air and maritime . . . controls between Bulgaria and Romania and the other Schengen countries will become a thing of the past, after 12 years of negotiations,” said Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency.
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“I am very pleased that in 2024 air and maritime . . . controls between Bulgaria and Romania and the other Schengen countries will become a thing of the past, after 12 years of negotiations,” said Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency.
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