“A political statement that represents the voice of the Romanian people” – this is how PNL deputy Pavel Popescu motivates his message, in which he warns that he will “dedicate the last two years of this mandate to legislation and political activities that will be directed directly at Austria. (Russian) companies and interests in the base) and Dutch companies present in Romania”, in a context in which the Netherlands and Austria oppose Romania’s accession to the Schengen area.

• “Not only and maybe this is my opinion, this is a tough post, this is a political statement. (…) More complicated things were said about this matter. (…) There is a lot of Russian gas and influence in Austria, and in the Netherlands we have the largest import of cocaine,” MP Pavel Popescu said on Digi 24 on Monday, answering questions about his message to the Netherlands and Austria.

He insisted that he made a “political statement that represents the voice of the Romanian people” and not a “statement of threat or blackmail, God forbid.”

“My post is submitted in a political template. There are two templates – technical and political. The political discourse is that there are problems in Romania. This template should not be on the discussion table,” the PNL deputy added.

We will remind you that on December 8, the Council of the Judiciary (Justice and Internal Affairs) of the EU should vote for the integration of Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia into the Schengen zone. The decision was taken unanimously.

So far, the Netherlands has serious reservations, and a committee of the Swedish parliament has rejected an offer to support the candidacy of the three countries made by the government in Stockholm. And the Minister of the Interior of Austria said that he opposes the expansion of the Schengen zone, which is currently “not functioning”.

In this context, Pavel Popescu wrote a message on Facebook on Sunday in which he claimed that he will “dedicate the last two years of this mandate to legislation and political activities that will be aimed directly at Austrian companies and interests (mainly Russian) and Dutch. present in Romania”:

• “I refuse to consider the failure of Romania’s accession to the Schengen zone by the end of the year. Or the scenario of postponement until another “appropriate” moment.
• Two countries are currently opposed: the Netherlands and Austria. With the mention that the Prime Minister of the Netherlands is busy on the phones these days to further expand the club of two countries, full of ifos who would go into denial in an instant without daily overdoses of Russian gas and Colombian cocaine.
• I will not comment until December 8 on what Romania did or did not do to end up in this situation. But if (God forbid) Romania does not join Schengen by the end of the year, I will tell you what I, a simple parliamentarian, will do: I will devote the last two years of this mandate to legislation and political activities that directly target Austrian companies and interests (in mainly Russian) and Dutch companies present in Romania”.