Romania and Bulgaria join Europe’s Schengen travel zone • FRANCE 24 English

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1. Romanian thiefs must have taken the night bus to flock into European capitals🤣

2. Europe is finnished!

3. So where is the safety in this

4. This is an outrage. Austria should be kicked out of the EU and Romania and Bulgaria should be allowed in Schengen. This "air Schengen" is an insult.

5. Finally 🎊 Congratulations

6. Air border was never a problem.
   The problem is the land border where you often have to wait hours.

7. After Bulgarians slowed down the control of Austrians trucks they very fast understand that cooperation is the best way 😁

8. Well done , more people to come easier and stay ilegal. Don.t they have enough ???

9. They threw a bone. Here in eastern Hungary it's still taking forever to cross. There are ethnic Hungarians from Romania who chose to move to Hungary whilst continuing to work in Romania after they joined in 2007, but the hopes of quick and free movement is still but a dream. The crossing between Csenger and Satu Mare is known to be a nightmare for example. Some people elect to own 2 cars, one on the Hungarian one on the Romanian side so they can cross on foot instead as that's slightly faster.

10. "largest area of free movement in the world", well if you subtract the Russian(i know most of you won't include them in your "free movement" so you lose their land area in calculation) portion of the European continent ya'll fall behind the United States so no, you lose that statement!

11. Traveling from India for holidays is now facing new obstacles. Schenegen visa is very difficult to obtain for Indians even after having all required documents.

12. Austria keeps Romania hostage because of their internal affairs. We are losing alot of money because of not having acces to the Schengen that matters. Bullies. They should be kicked out of EU and Schengen

13. It's a shame cause the trucks with food will be hampered. Basically nothing changes.

14. Austria 👎

15. As an Austrian I feel ashamed of what our government – in fact it is one party, the ÖVP, the conservatives who fear to loose votes to the right wing FPÖ in the upcoming elections – is doing here.

    And I´m pessimistic that anything will get better after the elections because voters will likely turn to the xenophobic right anyways. 😞

16. not the step Romania and Bulgaria wanted … but a step ( or part of it )

17. Until land travel is included, They´re not really part of Schengen area at all. Thanks Hungary.

18. Very happy for this news. Looking forward to visiting Bulgaria more often

19. Northmacedonians can always easily admit they are Bulgarians.
    Door is wide open to EU!

20. After so many years in which Romania and Bulgaria were taxed in the same way as the EU member countries now this Represents one of the biggest humiliations that the Romanian and Bulgarian people have to endure from the European Union ! Schengen should shove this "gift " up its ….

21. The whole world needs to join the Schengen area.

22. Austria just threw the bone left from the dinner to Romania and Bulgaria and thought it would not upset them.

23. Give them the overland Schengen borders, Austria should be excluded from EU for this.

24. Let’s goo

25. When Greenland joins the European Union 🇪🇺 EU and the Schengen area ?🤔

26. The enlargement of the European Union will take place in stages, first Montenegro and Serbia will join the European Union in 2025, then after 2025, in 2026 or/2027 Albania, Macedonia, then Bośnia and Herzegovina , and after 2028 Mołdova, by 2028/2029 Ukraine will join Georgia and, by 2030, secular and law-abiding Turkey after the change of power in 2028 in parliamentary and presidential elections after 2030 the latest enlargement of the European Union to include democratic and free Bełarus and Armenia and perhaps in the future Azerbaijan

27. This is not true, this is only for fights and naval travels, meaning less than 10%, where the queues are not a problem, but the road travel is not in Schengen, therefore long waiting lines.
    All this because of Austria 🙁

28. Austria should be ashamed of this! Romania and Bulgaria are prepared to be Schengen members and there are no excuses to keep them outside any longer.

29. RIP EUROPEAN UNION 🇪🇺- My god i cant believe this has happened. What a MISTAKE.

30. Next: Ireland!

31. Our Austrian government is with Russia. Croatia gave Nehammer the sea terminal.

32. Is Austria has direct border with bulgaria and romania? If not, why they afraid about that! Is bulgaria and romania port still a problem for west EU members

33. Thanks to schengen, Europe now has borderless organised ciminality.

34. Underated European countries.

35. The Ruzzian lovers from Austria, Hungary and Slovakia are welcome part of the Shengen while true supporters of Ukraine from Romania and Bulgaria aren't. 😂😂😂😂😂 One big joke.

36. Very good to hear! The EU should learn from the very effective Shengen zone between Canada and India as well.

37. Absolute joke. Austrians will pay for this humiliation one day

38. It’s not full Schengen the most important thing didn’t happene

39. There should be a border wall beteween Europe and the Turks

40. lots of immigrants are coming to Europe.😂 be ready.

41. Who the hell is Austria to block? I thought immigration – if that is the reason, and not racism, was an EU wide issue? How convenient of Austria when it's surrounded by Schengen countries – but, somethings never change do they Austria?

42. So no full Schengen rights because of the complaints of one country ! Shame on you Austria

43. Schengen. de grote vergissing. Open borders are not for civilized people only….
    
    Open grenzen. Een getuigenis van een ongekende naïviteit.

44. We're not in schengen, we're placed xenophobicly in a separate semi-schengen group by Austria. This isn't doing anything buy creating more euroscepticism over here.

45. BS..

46. AUSTRIA'S OPOSITION HAS TO DO WITH FERROCERIUM & CARL AUER VON WELSBACH, particularly for land travel, perhaps the incandescent gas mantles as well

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48. I have a question, i am a student and have a residency from romania can i travel to france?