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Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union’s border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc.. The expansion was officially introduced at ...
The Schengen area now covers 25 of the 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland and Cyprus are not members of the Schengen zone.
(Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of Europe'sSchengen free-travel area from next month, swelling the number of nations to 29, the EU said on Thursday.
Romania and Bulgaria are the newest members of the Schengen Area, with border controls lifted for air and sea travel on 31 March 2024 and land border controls lifted effective 1 January 2025, [17] [18] [19] more than 17 years after they acceded to the European Union.
Before Bulgaria and Romania’s admission, it was comprised of 23 of the 27 EU member countries, along with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Around 3.5 million people cross an internal border each day. Austria vetoed Romania and Bulgaria’s admission into the Schengen zone at the end of 2022 but allowed Croatia full accession ...
On 22 February, the 2005 European Commission delivered a favourable opinion on the accession to the European Union of Bulgaria and Romania. [2] As a result, on 13 April 2005 the European Parliament gave assent to the applications of Bulgaria [3] and Romania [4] to become members of the European Union.
On 1 August 2018, Bulgaria and Romania gained full access to SIS. [16] On 1 January 2021, Ireland joined the law enforcement aspect, [3] with full access to SIS for law enforcement purposes from 15 March 2021. [17] On 3 May 2022, the European Parliament approved a proposal to give Cyprus full access to SIS.
After years of negotiations to join the Schengen area, there is now free access for travelers arriving by air or sea from both countries. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the ...