Croatia Gets Green Light to Join EU’s Visa-Free Schengen Zone

  • European Commission confims Croatia fulfills Schengen criteria
  • EC invites European Council to integrate Croatia into Schengen
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Six years after Croatia joined the European Union, the Balkan nation is getting a green light from the European Commission to join the bloc’s passport-free Schengen area.

Croatia has continued to fulfill all of Schengen criteria, the Commission said in a statement in Brussels on Tuesday. The European Council would still need to sign off on Croatia’s accession. It’s the latest country to join the EU.