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Quotes | September 23, 2011, Friday // 19:58
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"Finland had no particular reason to stop Bulgaria and Romania from joining Schengen. We could have blocked [accession] together with countries like Germany and France but it was unwise to oppose it with the Netherlands alone."

Paavo V?yrynen, the Finnish Center party's future presidential candidate, commenting in his blog Finland's decision to join the Netherlands in blocking Bulgaria and Romania accession to the EU's Schengen passport-free zone

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Tags: home affairs, Poland, Polish EU Presidency, France, Germany, Paivi Rasanen, Gerd Leers, veto, Netherlands, Finland, Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Schengen Accession, EU, Schengen Agreement, Schengen Area, Schengen, justice and home affairs, Paavo Vayrynen

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