Austria Still Declines the Schengen Expansion

CompaniesTelecoms ♦ Published: December 7, 2022; 11:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer confirmed Austria’s negative position towards the Schengen expansion today. At the Western Balkan meeting today in the Albanian capital Tirana, Nehammer declined further Schengen expansions for now.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer (r) met with Edi Rama (l) amongst others in Albania at the Western Balkans Summit. / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Andy Wenzel

In a statement on Tuesday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer called the EU Commission's action plan for the Balkan route an important first step. Austria's Nehammer stressed at the EU Western Balkans summit in Tirana that it was concerned not just with the Western Balkans route, but also with migration routes via Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. In his response, he reiterated his…