​Member of the European Parliament Niku Štefanuce says that on December 1 in Brussels, what is called a “non-event” in diplomatic language, that is, the member states who gathered at the level of ambassadors indicated that they do not have a single position regarding Schengen and our entry.

In particular, Austria said NO, and the Netherlands said they needed a parliamentary decision.

“This is Rutte’s way of saying like Pilate of Pontus: I wash my hands of this decision,” Ștefănuță writes on his Facebook page.

If Croatia seems to have entered Schengen, it is not yet clear to us and Bulgarians, although the separation of one country from another is possible.

“Common interest” or “what works for me”

What is interesting is the direction of Croatia’s actions these days to convince Austria not to oppose the accession.

“Last week, there was a visit of Croats to Krk, which was organized by the Prime Minister of Bavaria Markus Zeder and Chancellor of Austria Nehammer. Guess what? The Croatians have an LNG terminal and gas will be available for everyone, which is why they have interested the Austrians and the Germans. “You have to put something on the table,” one important Croatian politician tells me. Obviously, it is so, and Plenkovic, the prime minister of Croatia, is a “smooth operator”, that is, someone who knows how to play the European diplomatic game”, – says the vice-president of the “Save Romania” Union.

Stefanuce thinks we did quite well with the Netherlands, but Austria seems to have been stuck in a stalemate for too long. “Why is the government not in Vienna now? Why don’t they talk directly to the chancellor whose party caused the crisis – scared by the fall in the polls and the rise of the FPO,” he says.

The MEP also criticizes the secrecy of the Romanian government, which does not disclose to the public anything that happened during this period.