Essential factors for Bulgaria’s Schengen accession

Mina Boycheva 29/04/2013

There are two main factors that are very important in order Bulgaria to be accepted in the border free travel zone of Schengen. The first essential thing for the country is to preserve its stable development and to make sure that its infrastructure will get even better. The second important thing concerns the prevention of illegal migration. This information was provided in the beginning of April by Monika Hohlmeier, who is a member of the party group of the European People and of the Committees on budgets and on organized crime, corruption and money laundering of the European Parliament. In general, Bulgaria has to convince the other member states of the Schengen passport free zone that it has taken all the measures necessary.

There are two main factors that are very important in order Bulgaria to be accepted in the border free travel zone of Schengen. The first essential thing for the country is to preserve its stable development and to make sure that its infrastructure will get even better. The second important thing concerns the prevention of illegal migration.

Actually, it will be fair to say that the Schengen zone has problems that concern the illegal immigration with one of its member states – Greece. The country does not fight effectively with the illegal migration and now has to put a lot of efforts and funds in solving that issue. Because of that bad experience, the Schengen zone is more careful with accepting new members now. Today, it wants to act more carefully and avoid the accession of new countries before it is sure that they have solved their problems with the organized crime, corruption and illegal migration.

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