Bulgaria and Romania caught in the middle of EU conflicts

Once again Bulgaria and Romania are caught in the middle of the crisis and conflicts between their EU neighboring countries. Still, the two countries make their best to assert their interests in the various developing situations, as was stated in the Stratfor May analysis of the geopolitical intelligence.

Situated on the Balkans, in the past Bulgaria and Romania were satellite states of the Soviet Union, which was shaping their foreign and defense policies. As the Soviet Union collapsed, RBulgaria and Romania joining the European Union and NATO in 2007 and making efforts to join the Schengen zone as well.

According to the Stratfor’s forecast, Romania and Bulgaria will be increasingly involved in the refugee crisis in Europe. Due to this refugee crisis, the efforts of the two countries to enter the Schengen zone will be hampered by the measures of the EU states to limit the free movement between the countries.