Austria, through Karl Nehammer, continues to keep Romania on the edge of the Schengen Area, and this is because the completion of Romania's accession to Schengen is still very distant, after we see that during a high-level meeting on April 26, i.e. yesterday, the country's situation ours was not discussed, following the implementation of Air Schengen, from March 31, 2024.
Austria managed to convince many other governments in Europe not to help complete Romania's Schengen accession in 2025, which of course is extremely bad news for millions of Romanians across the country, but something that won't change anytime soon, considering the fact that the local, European and parliamentary elections are coming up in his country.
Austria is still fighting against Romania, because in Vienna there is a conviction that Romania's accession to Schengen should not take place, which of course is in total contradiction with Romania's needs, so it remains to be seen whether Karl Nehammer will have, or not, the plans blocked by Romania's European partners in the future.
"What I wanted to ask: did Iohannis say anything else from his small plane, not at all luxurious, about Romania's TOTAL accession to Schengen? About discrimination against Romanians at European airports, even though we are in air Schengen? That Friday, April 26 is again a high-level meeting, the current situation of the single European circulation space is discussed.
And the accession of Romania and Bulgaria is nowhere on the agenda. There's another similar meeting on May 23, then elections across the EU and after that, the JHA Council in June. Did you hear PSD and PNL mention something or are they still busy arguing for 14 hours at the Government about buckets, shovels and other toys? supports MEP Vlad Gheorghe."
