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SCHENGEN Romania s and Bulgaria s bid to join the Schengen
free-movement area may be included on the agenda of the European Council
meeting next week, at the request of the president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis,
political sources in Bucharest said. I am convinced we will reach the
accession of Romania and Bulgaria during this mandate and this will be my
priority, Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, said in
her turn. The statement comes after on Thursday at the EU Justice and Home
Affairs Council meeting, Austria opposed Romania s entry.
AMBASSADOR The
Romanian foreign ministry announced that following Austria s veto regarding
Romania s Schengen accession, the country s ambassador to Vienna, Emil
Hurezeanu, was recalled for consultations by minister Bogdan Aurescu. The
embassy will be headed by an interim charge d affairs. According to diplomatic procedure,
the decision is an indication of Romania s firm disagreement with Austria s
position and als
Schengen. The EU s Justice and Home Affairs Council has rejected Romania s
and Bulgaria s bid to join the free-movement Schengen area with two
votes against, from Austria and The Netherlands, with the latter only
opposing Bulgaria s entry. Austria said it feared an increase in
illegal migration. Croatia, which also applied to join Schengen,
received the green light and will become part of the Schengen area on
1st January 2023.
Refugees.
The Border Police said almost 65,500 people crossed the border into Romania on
Wednesday, including more than 7,300 Ukrainians, down 1.2% compared with the
previous day. Since 10th February 2022, two weeks before the Russian
army invaded Ukraine, more than 3 million Ukrainians have crossed the border
into neighbouring Romania. Most of them have continued their journey to
countries in western Europe, but over 80,000 have chosen to stay, according to
official figures.
Farmers. Romanian farmers will bene
BUDGET
The finance ministry has made public the draft state budget of Romania for next
year. The document is based on an estimated GDP growth of 2.8%, an 8% inflation
rate, a growing number of employees and a declining 2.7% unemployment rate. The
ministries set to receive less money include the energy, justice and public
healthcare, whereas the defence, development, transport and education
ministries will receive substantially higher budget appropriations. The ruling
coalition made up of the Social Democrats, and Liberals and the Democratic
Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania intends to endorse the draft budget tomorrow
and send it to Parliament the next day, for discussion next week.
SECURITY Romania has constantly worked to
identify solutions to enhance security at the Black Sea, the Romanian foreign
minister Bogdan Aurescu said in Ankara on Tuesday, when he had
a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Mervlut Cavusoglu. The two officials
discussed the best ave