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Schengen Zone - Bulgaria and Romania
December 17 , 2024
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- The European Union has cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of the borderless Schengen zone from the start of next year.
- Bulgaria and Romania, both are members of the European Union since 2007.
- But Austria had objected to expanding the zone, fearing more illegal immigration.
- Created in 1985, the Schengen zone now comprises 29 members.
- It also has 25 of the 27 European Union member states plus Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
- It is the world’s biggest area without internal border controls, where more than 400 million people can travel freely inside the zone.
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