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Romania Optimistic Ahead of Summer CVM Report [Mar 15, 2012] Romanian PM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu expects this summers Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report to be "emphatically positive". The mechanism has been the driving force behind the reform in Romania's judicial system, Ungureanu pointed out on Thursday after he met with EU President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels. Ungureanu has reiterated that Romania's bid to join the Schengen ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Basescu Angered by Dutch 'Abuse' against Romania, Bulgaria [Feb 02, 2012] Romanian President Traian Basescu has criticized the Netherlands' "abuse" against Romania and Bulgaria, answering the Dutch stance against the two EU newcomers' Schengen bids. During a press conference in Brussels dedicated to his country's fifth anniversary as a EU member, Basescu revealed that he has tackled the Dutch stance on Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen entry bids at the recent European ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt met Premier Emil Boc yesterday in Bucharest. [Dec 05, 2011] Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told Prime Minister Emil Boc that support for Romania?s Schengen accession has been included within its governing programme and Romanian authorities can count on Denmark?s support. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian PM Expects Schengen Decision at October 23 EU Summit [Oct 21, 2011] Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has vowed to closely monitor the European Council summit on Sunday 23 October, adding that he expects a vote to be held on Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen bids. On Thursday Boc acknowledged that both countries were facing certain political obstacles to their Schengen entry but said that he would rely on the support voiced by the European Parliament, Romanian news ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Lets Dutch Tulips In Despite Schengen Veto [Sep 23, 2011] Romania's authorities have admitted into the country dozens of trucks with Dutch tulips that have been detained at the Romanian border, allegedly because of veto of the Netherlands on its Schengen accession. The decision to let in the trucks importing Dutch tulips, which was technically based on suspicions about a dangerous bacteria, came on the same day that the Netherlands and Finland formally ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Finland Will Also Block Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry - Romanian FM [Sep 21, 2011] Finland will follow the Netherlands' examples and veto Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen accession, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has revealed after meeting his Dutch and Finnish counterparts. "However, we need consensus and we need a positive vote on behalf of all EU member states," Baconschi has declared after he met his colleagues at the UN General Assembly in New York. "We all ... [via YahooNews] More >>

EU?s Polish Presidency priorities were presented yesterday in Bucharest. [Jul 13, 2011] Poland would like to remain an honest broker on Romania and Bulgaria Schengen accession issue, in order to surpass the different opinions between member states, said yesterday Marek Szczygiel, Polish Ambassador in Bucharest at the press conference on the inauguration of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council, organized by the Poland?s Embassy to Romania and the Representation of the European ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania May Make It Into Schengen by Fall 2011- Romanian Foreign Minister [May 13, 2011] Berlin, Paris and Brussels are seeking a compromise to allow Romania and Bulgaria into Schengen in the fall of 2011, said Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi in an interview for Romanian daily Adevarul. Baconschi reminded that Romania had successfully completed the technical assessment process, stressing that the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bucharest is seeking to bring foreign experts from Schengen member states at its borders to assess the country?s ... [Apr 21, 2011] Three MEPs of the Liberal-Democratic group filed several amendments to the draft report on Romania?s and Bulgaria?s Schengen accession, demanding the European Union notto set 2011 as a deadline for the two countries to join the border-free zone, according to Mediafax. [via YahooNews] More >>

FT: German, French Unfair, but Right about Sofia, Bucharest [Feb 01, 2011] Germany and France are unfair, but right to entangle Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen entry with their corruption and crime combat, according to the Financial Times. "Sofia and Bucharest protest that they are close to fulfilling the technical Schengen criteria and that it is unfair to link the two processes ? Schengen and CVM. It may well be unfair; it is nonetheless right," the Financial Times ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania says EU security is top priority [Jan 21, 2011] (BUCHAREST ) - Security of the EU is a top priority for Romania, the foreign ministry said Friday, a day after a French minister cited risks to security to back his country's veto on Bucharest's Schengen bid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Foreign Minister: Only Bulgaria Failed Schengen Test [Jan 17, 2011] France, Germany and Finland have expressed their concerns towards Bulgaria 's Schengen readiness, while the report on Romania has not shown any irregularities, Baconschi has pointed out before Romanian pundits. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania threatens to leave Francophony organisation [Jan 13, 2011] Angered by the attitude of France, its traditional ally, towards its bid to join Schengen, Romania is considering leaving the OIF, the International Francophony Organisation, a leading Romanian MEP told EurActiv yesterday (12 January). [via YahooNews] More >>