Hungarian PM: Bulgaria Should Be Offered Schengen membership, if Europe wants to be correct

Mina Boycheva 21/04/2016

Following a meeting with the Bulgarian Prime Minister, the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that if Europe wants to be correct with Bulgaria, it has to offer the country a Schengen membership. He further stated that it is not right that the results of Bulgaria concerning the refugee crises are not acknowledged. After all, Bulgaria is a non-Schengen country that has shown the best results.

Hungarian PM: Bulgaria Should Be Offered Schengen membership, if Europe wants to be correct

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that all countries that are along the routes of the migrants are under stress. He also said that Bulgarian authorities are handling that stress in the best possible manner and that is why the country should be offered a Schengen membership will full rights. He also stated however that the country should carefully consider whether or not she wants to join the Schengen agreement zone, which in his words is dying.

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