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The Netherlands is the only country still opposing and blocking Bulgaria's joining of Schengen, after Finland retracted its obstruction last month. Map from moveoneinc.com
The potential accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Agreement may not be discussed during the upcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council sitting, according to a high-level EU diplomat.
No signs of positive development can be seen, the diplomat who has insisted on retaining his anonymity has told dnevnik.bg. The diplomat's comment followed last week's announcement that the Netherlands has not changed its stance against the two EU newcomers' bids to enter Europe's border-free area.
The two country's bids to enter the Schengen zone will thus remain to be decided on in 2012.
The diplomat has added that the Polish EU presidency was in favor of a phased-in Schengen accession of Bulgaria and Romania starting with the opening of their sea and air borders at the end of March 2012, but the Netherlands has once again decided to block the process which needs to be approved of unanimously.
On Friday, the leaders of the 27 EU Member States, in their last for 2011 summit in Brussels, postponed once again Bulgaria's and Romania's Schengen accession.
The Dutch government cited unsatisfactory results in the fight against corruption and organized crime as grounds for their opposition. The Netherlands has remained the only EU member state to fully oppose to Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen entry since Finland softened its stance in November and accepted the compromise phased-in solution proposed by Herman van Rompuy, albeit not unconditionally.
Finland is now waiting for the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism interim report in order to form its position on the opening of Bulgaria and Romania's air and sea borders.
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