The Dutch Parliament has adopted a resolution which stipulates that the Netherlands should not vote for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area, Dutch MEP Sofia in’T Veld, coordinator of the Renew group in the Commission on Civil Liberties (LIBE) of the European Union, announced on Thursday in a statement to Agerpres. parliament
“To my great regret, I learned just a few minutes ago that the Dutch parliament passed a resolution that the Netherlands should not vote for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen zone. I deeply regret this. My party (Democraţii 66, – ed.) voted against this resolution, we want Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen area immediately, you have fulfilled the necessary criteria. I am afraid that the Prime Minister of the Netherlands is doing very little to convince the Dutch Parliament or to take responsibility and say that in the interests of Europe he will agree in the Council (with the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to Schengen, ed..). You have to understand that not everyone in the Netherlands is against it. “My party wants Bulgaria and Romania to join Schengen immediately, but most parties in the government don’t want it,” Sofia in’T Veld told Agerpres.
In the Netherlands, after the parliamentary elections on March 15-17, 2021, a coalition agreement was signed for the period 2021-2025 between the Liberal-Conservative Party (VVD, member of the group “Renew Europe”), the party “Democrats 66” (D66, member of the group “Renew Europe »), the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA, member of the EPP group) and the Christian Union (member of the EPP group). On January 10 of this year, the current coalition government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD) was formed.
The European Parliament passed a non-legislative resolution by a large majority on Tuesday, in which it asks the Council of the European Union to take all necessary measures by the end of 2022 to decide on Romania’s admission. and Bulgaria to the Schengen area of free movement. The expansion of the Schengen zone requires a unanimous decision of the EU Council.
Currently, among the EU member states, only Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania are not part of the Schengen area, which also includes non-EU states (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein).
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