Austria says it will give up its vote against Romania if only one condition is met
Austria's foreign minister, Alexander Schallenberg, assures that "nothing will stand in the way of the extension of the Schengen area" if measures are taken, so that in the coming months his country will see a decrease in the number of asylum seekers.
The veto that Vienna gave to the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to Schengen was "temporary" and not "forever", he said in an interview quoted by the Austrian press, according to the news.ro.
Regarding the demands of Europe Minister Karoline Edt Stadler and Chancellor Karl Hammer to erect fences at the EU's external borders, Alexander Schallenberg claims that “there would be a legal basis but also the financial means to do so.
Radio Moldova recalls that Austria and the Netherlands voted, during the meeting of the Council of Justice and Internal Affairs of the European Union, against the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area.
