The Schengen Zone: While Croatia Joins, Further Enlargement Faces Challenges
The Schengen Zone: While Croatia Joins, Further Enlargement Faces Challenges

Author(s): Jolanta Szymańska
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Schengen Zone; Croatia; EU; economic policy; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: In December, EU interior ministers unanimously supported the expansion of the Schengen zone to include Croatia. At the same time, the Council did not agree on the membership of Romania and Bulgaria. The former was opposed by Austria, and the latter by both Austria and the Netherlands. Although Croatia’s smooth integration into Schengen may weaken the arguments of sceptics of further enlargement, without deep reforms of the entire system and the EU’s migration policy, it will be very difficult to obtain consent for membership of other candidates.

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