France opposes to Bulgaria getting into Schengen

The Foreign Minister of France opposed to Romania and Bulgaria getting into the visa free area of Schengen, as he fears for the security of the country and questions the ability of the police in the two wanna-be member states to preserve its own borders. The fears of the French Foreign Minister were aroused by the huge number of Roma migrants that live in camps outside of Paris. Several days after the statement of France, it was supported by another Schengen member state – Germany. The two countries are criticizing the border control in Romania and Bulgaria, as they think that people outside Europe will enter the two states and then go freely to the rest of Europe.

At the same time both Romania and Bulgaria are willing to sign the Schengen Agreement next year and thus allow their own citizens the chance to move freely across Europe. It should be noted that each country from the European Union can set a veto on the admission of a certain member state into the zone. Most probably Germany, The Netherlands and France will oppose the entry of the new member states Bulgaria and Romania which will take place before the end of this year. Currently there are temporary restrictions and passport checks that are expected to be lifted in January 2014 but there is no a guarantee that this will happen. On the other side, the European Commission have already threatened France with sanctions for its biased policy.