Austria and Germany continue to issue warnings for Europe, as a whole, with the European Union in the center, and this is because both demand from the European Commission a much better and more serious protection of the Schengen area, and Romania's accession will play an essential role for strengthening the borders of the community space.
Austria wants, together with Germany, a reform of the asylum system, to reduce illegal migration, but this can only come through serious cooperation between the EU countries, and Romania's accession to Schengen could lead to the strengthening of the EU's external borders, especially if they will invest in projects that will achieve this.
Austria follows a different path than Germany, when it comes to achieving this goal, but both countries want the same thing, even if in the end Romania's accession to Schengen is caught somewhere in the middle, our country will play an extremely important role important for the future of the space without internal border controls.
"Internally, it is desired to remain a Europe of open borders. But this requires effective protection of external borders. Otherwise, there is a risk that barriers at many European internal borders will return – and the EU's people and economy will be thrown back decades. We must prevent this together.
We need to agree on a reform of the current Dublin rules to prevent uncontrolled migration to other EU countries. The idea behind this is to be able to limit the number of refugees entering Germany with a refugee distribution mechanism. However, it is by no means certain that this will succeed.” said Nancy Faeser.
