In her State of the Union speech on September 13, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen renewed calls for Ukraine and Moldova's EU integration, and made it clear the Romania and Bulgaria should be admitted to the Schengen zone.
Amid talk of high-speed trains running from Bucharest to Budapest, the fastest way to speed up connections between Hungary and Romania would be the latter's inclusion in the Schengen zone. Hungary will soon be in a position to help.