PNL MP Pavel Popescu says he refuses to consider the failure of Romania to join the Schengen area by the end of the year and warns, in the context of two countries opposing our country’s entry, the Netherlands and Austria, that he will “dedicate it to the last two years of this a mandate for legislative and political activity that will be directed directly at Austrian (mainly Russian) and Dutch companies and interests present in Romania.”

• 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 area. 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”.

What Pavel Popescu says:

“I refuse to consider the failure of Romania’s accession to the Schengen zone by the end of the year. Or the scenario of postponing to another “appropriate” time. Two countries are currently opposed: the Netherlands and Austria. With the mention that the Prime Minister of the Netherlands these days is busy on the phones to further expand the club of two countries, full of ifos, who would go for instant withdrawal without daily overdoses of Russian gas and Colombian cocaine,” the newspaper wrote. liberal deputy Pavel Popescu, on Sunday, in a post on Facebook.

“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 are present in Romania,” says Pavel Popescu.

He also wrote that: “Of course, many may make fun of this post. They also did it in 2019, when I announced in Reuters (and the PNL was not in power) that I would block Chinese investments in Romania in strategic areas. I kept my word. This time will be a little different because I am not alone. A significant part of my generation’s colleagues in the parliament is ready to join me.”

“I know that the ambassadors of the two countries will send this post “home to headquarters”. And they do it well. Because this isn’t a political threat, just a firm promise that some of us who haven’t put our hands in the “honey pot” with these companies because we love our country are a little fed up. PS I’m not accepting advice on diplomacy until December 8th. They vote for me politically, I am not a diplomat,” the PNL deputy concluded.