“Romania and Bulgaria will not enter the Schengen Area on January 1, 2014,” announced European Commission President José Manuel Barroso on November 11.
This amounts to “proof of the lack of responsibility of European leaders,” remarks Jurnalul Naţional —
This latest declaration is a 180-degree U-turn on his affirmation in September to the effect that ‘Romania and Bulgaria are ready to enter Schengen.’ Romanians have once again been made to feel like ‘second class citizens’ in a Europe, which tries to convince people that this not what it wants!
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