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The draft backed by the Home Affairs Ministers would allow a state within the Schengen area to reimpose border controls for six months, renewable for another six "when the control of an external border is no longer ensured due to exceptional circumstances".
The Interior Ministers also agreed that member states themselves should still be the ones to make such decisions.
The European Parliament has described the Ministers' vote as "a serious inter-institutional incident".
EP President Martin Schulz has argued that the Council "disrespects Parliament's powers and is a step in the wrong direction on Schengen," EurActiv informs.
"The European Parliament is deeply disappointed at the unilateral and counterproductive behaviour of the Justice and Home Affairs Council today," he has declared.
ALDE Group President Guy Verhofstadt has warned that the Parliament will examine whether to launch legal action against the Council.
Gibraltar is set to be integrated into the Schengen system for land crossings starting July 15, following an agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom regarding the territory’s future arrangements
Bulgaria marks two years in the Schengen area, following a phased entry that began on 31 March 2024, when the country joined the world’s largest free movement zone for air and sea travel together with Romania
Bulgaria has begun operating a new system to monitor travelers from non-EU countries at its external borders, now in its second day of implementation.
On January 1, 2026, Bulgaria celebrates one year as a full member of the Schengen Area, marking a significant milestone in the country’s European integration.
The European Parliament has called for a “military Schengen” to enhance the EU’s ability to respond rapidly to potential threats, particularly amid Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine.
The European Commission has unveiled a new “military Schengen” initiative aimed at drastically improving the speed at which troops and military equipment can move across EU borders
EU countries will each have to secure guarantees worth billions of euros for the loan to Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets, Politico’s Brussels edition reports.
Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
58% of Bulgarians do not support the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the country. This shows a study prepared by Trend agency specifically for the financial forum NEXT DIFI 2021, organized by b2b Media for the fifth year. The data dur
Too late Bulgaria began to explain its own position towards North Macedonia, as it should have been clear to our European partners some time ago.
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