Austria managed to convince Greece, Chancellor Karl Nehammer's meetings with his counterpart in Athens now bring an extremely important last-minute announcement, after the Greek prime minister announced his support for Romania's accession to Schengen, and the measure he can take facilitate this, because the fence built on the eastern border of the country is to be expanded with its own funds.
Austria tried to convince Greece to take this step, if no money will come for it from the European Commission, and as the idea of financing the construction of fences at the borders of the European Union was rejected in Brussels, the Greek government wants to finance its own fence , the government led by Karl Nehammer trying to convince Bulgaria to do exactly the same thing.
Austria has made huge efforts to convince various European countries to do exactly what the government in Vienna wants in terms of migration, but this will not guarantee that the number of illegal migrants arriving in the European Union will drop as steeply as it has Karl Nehammer wants, even if Romania's accession to Schengen depends a lot on it.
"With or without European money, the Evros fence will be completed. As a result of the Greek intervention, Europe has changed its attitude and now recognizes the importance attached to the protection of external borders at European level. Greece has already erected a 37,5 kilometer fence along the Evros River on the border with Turkey.
And he decided to extend it by another 35 kilometers. The construction was funded nationally, as the European Commission repeatedly rejected calls from Athens to use EU funds. The parliamentary opposition reacted violently to this move."
