Romania Cites Profound Injustice’ in Bid to Join EU’s Schengen Visa-Free Zone
- Ciolacu singles out Austria’s veto on joining Schengen area
- Romania to call extraordinary meeting, weighs legal steps
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Romania’s premier called the country’s failure to join the European Union’s visa-free travel zone a “profound injustice,” saying he’ll seek an extraordinary meeting and weigh legal steps to break the deadlock.
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu singled out Austria for vetoing Romania’s effort to join the EU’s Schengen area, which guarantees free movement within the bloc. In an interview in Bucharest, the premier underlined Romania’s solidarity with EU and NATO allies as a state bordering Ukraine. It helps channel exports from the war-battered nation.