Upon accession to the European Union in January 2007, Romania embarked on the process of further European integration. the Schengen zone of passport-free travel, is serving a prison term for abuse of power, Asked when Romania would be able to join Schengen. MEPs reiterated on Monday their call on EU Ministers to take a swift and affirmative decision on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania as fully-fledged members to the Schengen area. report, in November, Frans Timmermans, then the European commissioner for the rule of law, said, “I regret that Romania has not only stalled its reform process, but also reopened and backtracked on issues where progress was made over the past 10 years.’’. Presidential elections in November are expected to be closely fought. There are five recognised candidates for membership of the European Union: Turkey (applied in 1987), North Macedonia (applied in 2004), Montenegro (applied in 2008), Albania (applied in 2009), and Serbia (applied in 2009). binding on Bulgaria and Romania from the date of accession, shall only apply in each of those States pursuant to a Council decision to that effect after verification in accordance with the applicable Schengen evaluation procedures that the necessary conditions for the application of all parts of the acquis concerned have been met in that State. On 13 September 2017, in his State of the Union speech, President Juncker said that the necessary steps should be taken for Romania to join the Schengen areas as soon as possible. 882 of July 5, 2006 on establishing the National Schengen Auto evaluation Commission wants it to be,” she added, noting, “From civil society, the young, those with connections abroad, there’s significant resistance, involvement and commitment to change the negative side.”, “If we look at the politicians only, we can get pessimistic,” she said. Then came the fall of Mr. Dragnea and, later, the collapse of the coalition government. All texts published by the Warsaw Institute Foundation may be disseminated on the condition that their origin is credited. This back then implied a commitment to a future integration to the Schengen Area. Schengen is also important for business and for travel, he noted, since Romanian citizens and Romanian trucks must pass through border controls, complicating their participation in Europe’s single market. Accession to the zone entails the unification of the border check standards, visa system, work of services and data protection. would be valid for all member states then I wouldn’t be speaking about a double standard,’’ Ms. Dancila told the British newspaper The Guardian in July. Other relatively new members of the European Union, such as Croatia, are not submitted to such oversight. A year ago, at the end of December 2018, the resolution for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen Area was accepted by the European Parliament, calling for a swift action of the Council of the European Union. But they argue that Romania is making considerable progress and that admission to the Schengen zone shouldn’t hinge on the corruption problems. Subscribe to our daily news digest. The 26 September 2006 monitoring report of the European Commission confirmed the entry date as 1 January 2007. Recently, Romanian mass-media announced, in breaking news, that the European Parliament voted for a resolution which requests the immediate accession of Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen space. “We’ll see a significant change of the political landscape,” she said. EU ministers should admit Bulgaria and Romania to the border check-free Schengen area as soon as possible, the Civil Liberties Committee urges. May 26, 2020. A vote on the accession of Romania as well as its southern neighbour Bulgaria to the Schengen zone was conducted by the European Parliament. 163/2016 the Directorate – General European Affairs, Schengen and International Relations was created and it’s coordinating and monitoring the activities of the institutions and authorities responsible in the field in view of completing the Schengen accession process and the participation of Romania to the Schengen evaluation mechanism./p> Initially scheduled for March 2011, Romania’s accession to the Schengen free movement area, alongside Bulgaria, has been repeatedly postponed. EU slams Romania for not tackling corruption In an annual report, the European Commission slammed Bucharest for failing to implement anti-corruption measures. 514 MEPs were for, 107 were against and 38 abstained. The special monitoring was supposed to be a transitional measure, but it remains in place 12 years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the bloc. Moreover, Romania agreed on the relocation of immigrants according to the rules proposed by the European Union. At that time, it was said that both countries were to join the zone “as soon as possible” but the date was not specified. Romania and Bulgaria were judged by the European Commission to have met all necessary technical conditions for full Schengen membership as far back as 2011. Now Ms. Kovesi is expected to become the bloc’s first chief public prosecutor, over the objections of her own government. The agreement of all member states is a formal requirement. 514 MEPs were for, 107 were against and 38 abstained. This is not a matter of time but we have to discuss final details. They have not been allowed to join the Schengen zone of passport-free travel, and they are still under a special program to monitor corruption. The Schengen Area (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ ŋ ən /) is an area comprising 26 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. 4 Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, If content prepared by Warsaw Institute team is useful for you, please support our actions. A deadly nightclub fire in 2015 that prompted huge demonstrations brought down one government, and protests reignited in the face of institutional corruption and what many saw as efforts to undermine the judiciary, including the firing of Laura Codruta Kovesi, chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate, in July 2018. This means that eligible foreign citizens approved for a Schengen visa for Romania will also be able to move freely within the Schengen Area countries. pursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure. That vote saw support for the Social Democrats to fall by nearly half, and the rise of an alliance of two new parties, the Save Romania Union and Plus, which was founded by a former European commissioner, Dacian Ciolos. The recent resolution of the European Parliament of December 11 reconfirms that Romania is fully prepared to join the Schengen Area. The reasons evoked along the years were related to the failure to comply with some of the goals assumed under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. Is it the progress this time? Under condition of anonymity, an official noted that Romania's accession to Schengen is a "very sensitive issue" for the EU. The Treaty arranged accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU and amended earlier Treaties of the European Union.As such it is an integral part of the constitutional basis of the European Union Moreover, Romania agreed on the relocation of immigrants according to the rules proposed by the European Union. The statement made by the EU Commissioner quoted by zf.ro is clear: “I would like to convey a clear message to our Romanian friends: Romania will very soon become a member of the Schengen area. BUCHAREST, Romania — More than 12 years after joining the European Union, Romanians are getting increasingly grumpy. Accession to the Schengen Area – a Further Delay for Romania Florinel Iftode 1 Abstract: In this paper we make a complex presentation of Schengen area means in the European area and we will establish exactly the steps that Romania has to take in its attempt to join this area. Rapporteur Sergei Stanishev (S&D, BG) said: “Today, the Civil Liberties Committee reaffirmed that Bulgaria and Romania should become fully-fledged Schengen members, and rejected the prospects for partial accession with air and maritime borders first, and then, eventually with land borders. Romania’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Ion Marcel VELA and European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson have met this week and discussed topics such as the future Pact on migration and asylum and Romania’s accession to the Schengen, Romania’s Ministry announces. Romania and Bulgaria have met all technical criteria for Schengen accession in 2011, but have been prevented from joining by continued monitoring under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), which tracks the success of efforts towards judiciary reform and the fight against corruption and organised crime. – having regard to the questions of 29 September 2011 to the Council and the Commission on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (O-000224/2011 – B7‑0440/2011, O-000225/2011 – B7‑0621/2011, O-000223/2011 – B7‑0439/2011), – having regard to Rules 115(5) and 110(2) of … Also, Romania and Bulgaria will be further bound to supervise the external border with Serbia, as well as the border section between Romania and Serbia, made up by the Danube River - between Bazias and the first Romanian - Bulgarian common border crossing point - Calafat - Vidin. This is not a matter of time but we have to discuss final details. According to Ambassador Hurezeanu, Romania’s accession to the Schengen Zone will probably happen during the next European Council summit, which is set to take place in June this year. Romania’s becoming an EU member on January 1, 2007 ushered in a new stage calling for preparing and taking necessary measures to lift controls at internal borders with a view to joining the Schengen Area. Accession of Romania to the Schengen Area: www.schengen.mira.gov.ro. Bianca Toma, an analyst at the Romanian Center for European Policies, a research organization in Bucharest, said that despite the success of Romania’s presidency of the bloc, “there is still mistrust in the new members of the club.”, But Romania “is making progress toward being the country the E.U. Schengen accession: Croatia on the way to join the Schengen Area . Still, Romania has been a political mess for several years. There is prejudice here, and it harms us. The country has long borders, but it has invested heavily in protecting them, and Romanians tend to think that they have as much right to be part of the passport-free area as Schengen members like Hungary, which has similar problems with corruption and is seen as a bigger violator of the rule of law, not to mention Norway and Iceland, which are not even members of the European Union. With three to four million Romanians working abroad, you need a scapegoat.”. Mr. Geoana, the designated NATO deputy secretary general and a former foreign minister, calls the Schengen matter “a deeply political issue,” laced with prejudice. The Commissioner said that even though the Romanian accession to the Schengen zone was very close, there were still some unsolved technical problems. The European Commission warned Romania on Monday that it should reverse the … By MHA Order no. Romanians waving the European Union flag during a European Parliament elections rally in Bucharest in May. Little attention is devoted to the fact that the accession to the Schengen zone will not be profitable for Romania in every respect. The Treaty arranged accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU and amended earlier Treaties of the European Union.As such it is an integral part of the constitutional basis of the European Union Bulgaria, Romania and the EU-25 signed the Treaty of Accession on 25 April 2005 at Luxembourg's Neumuenster Abbey.. The Commissioner said that even though the Romanian accession to the Schengen zone was very close, there were still some unsolved technical problems. Excluding Romania “is not only unfair but illogical — the routes of migration are not across Romania,” he said. No other countries considered to have met the criteria have been kept out. At a summit meeting in Sibiu, Romania, in March — the showpiece event of Romania’s presidency of the European Union — Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands was blunt. Important for us is to We are very close. Romania) and Article 4(2) of the 2012 Act of Accession (Croatia). However, a final decision must be taken unanimously by the European Council, which will be chaired by Romania in the first part of 2019. But some member states, shaken by the rise of far-right and populist parties and by the political pressures of migration, have no interest in allowing Romania and Bulgaria to enter the Schengen zone. accession is not complete,” he said. The European Parliament members called on the admission of Romania and Bulgaria in the Schengen Zone in June 2011 for the first time. Juncker was unmistakable in stating that if Romania failed to rework its proposed reform it would adversely affect EU discussions about accession to the Schengen Area. “ Probably at the summit in June will also be announced a first admission into Schengen, with airports,” he said, insisting that Romania is an equal country to others as France and Germany. “But there is only one direction for the country to go.”. The much sought after Schengen accession is in jeopardy for Romania after the European Union threatened its highest institutions and officials to take legal steps over the rule of law. Photo Report The problem goes deeper, Mr. Geoana said: “It’s associated with the Roma and Romanians in Europe. “If the C.V.M. May 14, 2019. Subscribe to our daily news digest. The debate over Bulgaria and Romania's admission to the Schengen zone — an area in which border controls between members are lifted — shows how contentious the issue of European integration has become, especially regarding Eastern Europe and the free movement of people. Among all EU countries, except for Romania, only Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus do not belong to the zone. Images may not be used without permission. Artwork promoting European Union values on a wall in Siniu, Romania. Currently, twenty-six European countries belong to the Schengen zone. France And Netherlands Remain Unsupportive Of Romania, Bulgaria And Croatia's Schengen Accession due to Rule of law concerns in those countries still. Local elections follow in summer 2020, with parliamentary elections scheduled for fall of that year. 30/2007 on the organization and functioning of the Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform Decision no. In the Accession Treaty of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union, integrating the Schengen Area is defined as a priority. We are very close. Member. So Romania’s place is in the Schengen area,” she said. Romania remains one of the only four EU members that are not part of the Schengen Zone, not including the UK and Ireland that chose to opt-out. The European Parliament (EP) adopted on Tuesday, December 11, the non-legislative report calling for admission of Romania and Bulgaria as full members in the Schengen area. Romania’s Schengen Accession in Jeopardy Over Rule of Law. However, unlike then, Romania now has an overwhelming majority of EU countries supporting them Romania pulled off a successful six-month presidency of the European Union, its first time in that role, and has made considerable progress integrating into Europe. The Romania Schengen ETIAS When Romania joins Schengen, it will form a part of the shared visa program for the area. EU slams Romania for not tackling corruption At the same time, there was good news for Bulgaria and Croatia's possible entry into the Schengen zone. Accession to the Schengen Area remains one of Romania’s legitimate objectives and represents a commitment deriving from the Accession Treaty. France and Netherlands Remain Unsupportive of Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia’s Schengen Accession. A vote on the accession of Romania as well as its southern neighbour Bulgaria to the Schengen zone was conducted by the European Parliament. This is not the first time when the EU politicians and officials assure about their support for the Romanian struggle for the accession to the Schengen zone. Romanians acknowledge continuing problems with corruption and oligarchy — after all, the man once considered to be the most powerful politician in the country, Liviu Dragnea, the head of the largest party, the Social Democrats, is serving a prison term for abuse of power. Romania’s accession to the European Union: Legislative: The National Strategy for Accession to the Schengen Area Schengen action plan Decision no. All this has had an inevitable impact in Brussels, even if European officials have noted the rise of younger, more liberal, pro-European politicians who did well in European elections in May. Earlier this week, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said he would veto The reasons evoked along the years were related to the failure to comply with some of the goals assumed under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. The European Parliament (EP) adopted on Tuesday, December 11, the non-legislative report calling for admission of Romania and Bulgaria as full members in the Schengen … He said he believed that the main reason behind EU states' refusal to enlarge the Schengen area was trade flows between eastern and western Europe, with western countries reluctant to help their companies relocating activities in the East, where costs are lower. At the end of May, the EP reiterated in a resolution that Romania and Bulgaria are ready to join the Schengen area and asked the EU Council to approve the accession of the two states. “There are several issues mostly of technical nature which have to be dealt with. Asked when Romania would be able to join Schengen, he said: “When you comply with the rule of law, democracy. The European Commission considers that Romania and Bulgaria meet all the conditions to join the Schengen area, said Mina Andreeva, EC spokesperson. They send money home — an important contribution — but as the economy improves, officials express hope that the need for a better-trained labor force and a low unemployment rate will entice people to return. Marian-Jean Marinescu, Andrey Kovatchev, Carlos Coelho, Manfred Weber, Simon Busuttil, Monica Luisa Macovei, Mariya Nedelcheva, Elena Oana Antonescu, Georgios Papanikolaou, Véronique Mathieu on behalf of … The date of accession, 1 January 2007, was set at the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003 and confirmed in Brussels on 18 June 2004. Romania still needs to convince certain countries that their accession to the Schengen Area will not pose a security risk. Romania, a country who has long ago fulfilled the Schengen acquis, both legal and technical, is still being kept out. “We showed solidarity during the migration crisis and took people from boats in Malta, and we expect this solidarity to be returned.”, But the migration crisis has complicated matters, he said, noting that, “Political correctness now means you can be tougher on fellow Europeans.”. In December, during the voting in the European Parliament, a vast majority of MEPs voted for the accession of this country and Bulgaria to the group of countries with free border crossing. Accession to the Schengen Area. They say the real reason behind the veto is that Romanian accession to Schengen would allow goods from Romania to circulate in the largest EU … Accession of Romania to the Schengen Area: www.schengen.mira.gov.ro. The ministers of the interior of Bulgaria and Romania sent to the Schengen Evaluation Working Group, in March 2008, a common political declaration, where March 2011 was settled as a common date for the Schengen area accession.. Schengen Action Plan is permanently monitored and annually updated, so that Romania should meet the criteria for full implementation of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the governments of the Benelux The Treaty of Accession 2005 is an agreement between the member states of European Union and Bulgaria and Romania.It entered into force on 1 January 2007. The area mostly functions as a single jurisdiction for international travel purposes, with a common visa policy.The area is named after the 1985 Schengen Agreement signed in Schengen, Luxembourg. German Support for the Ruling Coalition in Moldova, Representatives of the European Union Thank Romania for the Half-Year Presidency. Romania and Bulgaria have definitely met all the criteria for their Schengen accession and the European Union supports this move. Cooperation and Verification Mechanism Reports on Bulgaria and Romania. Thus, all the Schengen evaluation reports of Romania were adopted within the successive Scheval WG, in Brussels. Amid the Coronavirus outbreak, the European Union has published several guidelines and recommendations to the Member States, as an effort to help them gradually put an end to travel restrictions and revive the tourism industry. European Parliament backs report calling for Romania, Bulgaria accession to Schengen “I urge President Iohannis to ask for our accession to the Schengen area … June 24, 2020. Romania’s Schengen Accession is stipulated in its EU Accession Treaty, and the country has fulfilled all accession criteria, Victor Negrescu argues. So is the opening of Romanian borders with Hungary a matter of time? A year ago, at the end of December 2018, the resolution for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen Area was accepted by the European Parliament, calling for a swift action of the Council of the European Union. France wants to delay a decision on allowing Romania and Bulgaria to join Europe's border-free Schengen zone at least until summer 2011 and is pressing for more results in the fight against corruption and a better surveillance of the border with Moldova. 882 of July 5, 2006 on establishing the National Schengen Auto evaluation Commission Romania has fulfilled almost all its commitments, therefore, we are very close to open the doors to out Romanian friends – Dimitris Avramopoulos said. binding on Bulgaria and Romania from the date of accession, shall only apply in each of those States pursuant to a Council decision to that effect after verification in accordance with the applicable Schengen evaluation procedures that the necessary conditions for the application of all parts of the acquis concerned have been met in that State. Romania and Bulgaria were judged by the European Commission to have met all necessary technical conditions for full Schengen membership as far back as 2011. And you are not moving in the right direction at the moment.”, Cristian Ghinea, a former minister for European funds and a member of the European Parliament for the Save Romania Union, said that joining Schengen had “a symbolic value.”. Initially scheduled for March 2011, Romania’s accession to the Schengen free movement area, alongside Bulgaria, has been repeatedly postponed. “We don’t have problems with rules so long as they apply to all,” he said. He said that as Romania was the fastest growing country in the EU - 5.7 percent this year and 4.4 percent in 2018, according to … Also, Romania and Bulgaria will be further bound to supervise the external border with Serbia, as well as the border section between Romania and Serbia, made up by the Danube River - between Bazias and the first Romanian - Bulgarian common border crossing point - Calafat - Vidin. The same situation concerns Bulgaria and Croatia” – Avramopoulos said. Europe Bulgaria and Romania push to join EU's Schengen Area. on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen. In the case of Bulgaria (which borders with only two members of the EU – Romania and Greece) this means more strict controls and consequently longer queues at the border with Turkey. Subscribe to our daily news digest. The EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos assessed that Romania had fulfilled its commitments thanks to which it should technically be able to join the Schengen zone soon. The act which marks the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area is the Council Decision for the full application of the Schengen acquis in Romania and Bulgaria. Why? The remaining four EU member states – Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania – are obliged by their Treaties of Accession to join the Schengen Area eventually. further to Questions for Oral Answer B7‑0440/2011, 0621/2011 and B7‑0439/2011. Women in management: Juncker Commission exceeds its 40% target. Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has also complained about the special monitoring of corruption and judicial reform carried out by the European Commission on Romania and Bulgaria, known as the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. Donations from private persons are necessary for the continuation of our mission. Romanian officials have important jobs in Brussels, including Mircea Geoana, who was just named deputy secretary general of NATO, the first person from the old Eastern Bloc to have the job. The Treaty of Accession 2005 is an agreement between the member states of European Union and Bulgaria and Romania.It entered into force on 1 January 2007. Many of those workers are young, well-educated Romanians seeking a better life elsewhere in Europe. Mr. Ciamba, the minister for European affairs, echoed those sentiments. “There are several issues mostly of technical nature which have to be dealt with. Bulgaria was re-evaluated at the end of March 2011 in the field of land borders. © 2019 Warsaw Institute | All rights reserved. Romania and Bulgaria have definitely met all the criteria for their Schengen accession and the European Union supports this move. The country has successfully protected its borders, he added, having blocked much of the smuggling between the Russian and Italian mafias. “It is this feeling that the E.U. The first time the European Parliament called for member states to accept Romania into the Schengen Area was in 2011. All have started Liviu Dragnea, the head of Romania’s largest political party, the Social Democrats, who is serving a prison term for abuse of power. TAGS: bordersEuropean UnionForeign PolicyRomaniaSchengen, Office: Wilcza St. 9, 00-538 Warsaw, Poland. France wants to delay a decision on allowing Romania and Bulgaria to join Europe's border-free Schengen zone at least until summer 2011 and is pressing for more results in the fight against corruption and a better surveillance of the border with Moldova. The European Commission and the European Parliament support “I’m not saying that the new ones will be much better, but we’ll get rid of a lot of the old habits.”, Romania Pushes to Be Treated as a Fully Fledged E.U. I closely cooperated with the Romanian authorities. Since then, the MEPs have showed their support several times. “I think we should look reality in the face and admit that Romania has fulfilled all Schengen accession criteria. But many in Romania and Bulgaria, which both joined the European Union in 2007, feel that they remain under probation, as second-class citizens. There may be problems with trade with Serbia, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova as Hungary is the only member of the Schengen zone bordering Romania. Romania’s Schengen accession also ranked high on the agenda for talks between Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis, and European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker. Ms. Toma predicted that the November presidential election would confirm Romania’s shift toward the more liberal politics that were signaled in the European elections in May. “We see it as discrimination,” George Ciamba, the Romanian minister for European affairs, said in an interview. According to the Ministry, the main topic of discussion … accession to the Schengen Area. 30/2007 on the organization and functioning of the Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform Decision no. European Commission's report on developments in Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. Romania’s accession to the European Union: Legislative: The National Strategy for Accession to the Schengen Area Schengen action plan Decision no. So is the opening of Romanian borders with Hungary a matter of time? 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