Romania and Bulgaria join the EU’s visa-free Schengen zone • FRANCE 24 English

Romania and Bulgaria officially joined the EU’s visa-free Schengen zone on January 1 despite having been European Union members since 2007. Their delayed accession to the now 29-nation zone had been blocked by Austria over migration concerns.

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35 comments

  1. ,,former soviet states'' ? When was that? France24 journalists have no clue about history, because neither Romania or Bulgaria were not part of the Soviet,ever.

  4. "the two former Soviet states"?!?!

    I mean I heard about misinformation before, but this is a new level!

    No wonder people get their news from X now.

  6. Now get in the club Republic of Ireland and Scotland , forget about eastern focus on north. Let all these muppet countries join eu currency unless is pointless just join schengen

  8. Everything was falling apart in Romania so NATO had throw a carrot, the stick could not be able to keep the masses in check any longer since the results of Zelensky and the elections in Romania. The two countries qualified 16 years ago but were held back for rainy days of crisis like today’s Romanian elections, the citizens eyes were opened and the voting would ultimately give Romania a great president who would restore its sovereignty and kick out NATOs plans to build the biggest military base in Europe in Romania and leave the Romanian citizens at risk and targets when conflicts break out with Russia.

  14. The ”journalist” who wrote the ”news” should know that 1. Romania and Bulgaria were neither ”soviet states”. 2. There is no visa in all the EU, not only in the Schengen area. Do something else, but not press!

  15. It’s rather a free movement area and not a visa free area. Visas are still required for third country nationals to enter, but once they are in, they can move freely in Schengen area. The EU nationals had the right of free movement even before the border checks between 🇧🇬, 🇷🇴 and the rest of the Schengen area were dropped.

  16. it is necessary to achieve the fastest possible enlargement of the European Union 🇪🇺 and the Schengen area to Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bośnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Kosovo, Ukraine, Mołdova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Greenland

  18. Jurnalism today. Bulgaria an Romania were never Soviet states :)). Totally expected tho. . That's the level of ignorance is the big powers of europe have anyways.

  25. Romania & Bulgaria can be welcomed in but Hungary & Slovakia should be escorted out going their full support for Russia. IMO

  27. 2 former soviet states? i mean did you even know what soviet was? WHEN TF WAS ROMANIA IN THE SOVIET??? such poor journalism is rare to see , shame on you

  28. Romania and Bulgaria have never been Soviet states; they are both EX-communist states. Do your research better!

  32. I think maybe i can choose the route for via the bulgaria when i want to go to the paris by my dad's second hand car from azerbaijan, because there are the members of the shengen area now

  33. im just a dude and apparently know much more history than you " journalists" Romania and Bulgaria never were "Soviet States" , It only take a wiki research bro

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