France Uneasy About Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Membership

Bulgaria and Romania's accession to Schengen Area is still not on the agenda, according to the French Minister of Interior Affairs Manuel Valls.

In an official statement for French media, Valls expressed his intensified worries about Bulgaria and Romania entry in the Schengen free movement area on January 1, 2014, with criminal organizations coming from the Balkans, triggering crime wave in France.

"I have reservations because the measures necessary to guarantee the security of our citizens haven't been  taken yet " the Minister stated, expressing his doubts about Bulgaria and Romania readiness to join Shengen area in the wake of 2014.

Adapted from Novinite

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