Steps for full integration of Romania in Schengen will continue this year, says minister Predoiu
The steps for Romania’s full integration into the Schengen area will continue this year, the key to success being the continuation of achieving results in the fight against illegal migration and border protection, argued Thursday, in Brussels, the minister of Internal Affairs Catalin Predoiu, before the informal meeting of the ministers of interior from the European Union.
„Regarding the Schengen file, last year brought, at the end of December, a Council decision (accession to Schengen with air and sea borders from March 31, 2024, ed.n) on which a lot of work was done in beforehand, by several institutions, obviously the Ministry of the Interior being the spearhead of this effort, but I want to emphasize that it was a collective effort of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Government, and the Presidency and other institutions that contributed to this…

