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(Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of Europe'sSchengen free-travel area from next month, swelling the number of nations to 29, the EU said on Thursday.
The area is named after the 1985 Schengen Agreement and the 1990 Schengen Convention, both signed in Schengen, Luxembourg. Of the 27 EU member states , 25 are members of the Schengen Area. Bulgaria and Romania , the newest members, have had their air and maritime borders open since March 2024, with land border controls due to be lifted on 1 ...
The European Council has decided to enlarge the border-free Schengen area to include Bulgaria and Romania, the council’s Spanish presidency said Saturday.
The Schengen Agreement ... where the agreement was signed. Free movement of people was a core ... partially include Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen ...
The Treaty of Accession 2005 is an agreement between the member states of European Union and Bulgaria and Romania. It entered into force on 1 January 2007. The Treaty arranged accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU and amended earlier Treaties of the European Union. As such it is an integral part of the constitutional basis of the European ...
After years of negotiations to join the Schengen area, there is now free access for travelers arriving by air or sea from both countries. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the ...
Before Bulgaria and Romania’s admission, it was comprised of 23 of the 27 EU member countries, along with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Around 3.5 million people cross an internal border each day. Austria vetoed Romania and Bulgaria’s admission into the Schengen zone at the end of 2022 but allowed Croatia full accession ...
Bulgaria and Romania became members on 1 January 2007, but the application of certain policy areas of the European Union to Bulgaria and Romania was deferred to a later date. These were: Schengen Area (see Enlargement of the Schengen Area, partial application from March 2024) Eurozone (see Enlargement of the eurozone)