Austria insists with its radical goals from the last ones, and Karl Nehammer's Government took new last-minute measures that have an impact on the Schengen Area, and Romania's accession, the government in Vienna deciding to keep controls on some borders with Germany at the moment for now, and this is to reduce illegal migration as much as possible.
Austria continues to insist, through Minister Gerhard Karner, with the ideas of raising the protection fences of the European Union, according to Nehammer they should be similar to those made by Donald Trump in the USA on the border with Mexico, and the border between Bulgaria and Turkey it should be the location where they are erected in 2023, of course with money from the European Commission.
Austria continues to insist that the Schengen Area remains non-functional due to major problems with illegal migration, and the lack of fences to protect Europe, the Austrians' solutions still remain without widespread support in the European Union, but in their absence, Romania's accession to Schengen seems to remain far away.
"The Schengen system does not work. In the fight against asylum abuse and people smuggling, we must work together across borders. The cooperation with Bavaria is particularly close here, Bavaria is the leader in Germany when it comes to the issue of return.
Together we managed 15 repatriation flights last year because it is important for us to bring back those who have no chance of asylum. An important signal would be the erection of more effective fences on the Bulgaria-Turkey land border. There is a real need to speed up the fight against illegal migration."
