Romania’s Foreign Minister Not Satisfied with Austria’s Schengen Veto

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: February 22, 2023; 22:34 ♦ (Vindobona)

Romania’s Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu has expressed his dissatisfaction about Austria’s Schengen block in the Austrian newspaper “Die Presse”. He said that the Veto was “unjust, unexpected, and unannounced”.

Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu Gave an Interview where He Expressed Dissatisfaction and a Hopefull Solution Soon about the Austrian Schengen Veto, / Picture: © IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency / Dean Calma / Flickr Attribution (CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Romania's Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu, is pushing for an end to the Austrian government's Schengen blockade. "Austria's decision to block Romania's Schengen accession was unjust, unexpected, and unannounced," Aurescu stressed in an interview with the daily newspaper Die Presse. He said it had caused "a lot of resentment" in Romania. "I hope that we will put this episode behind us…