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Visa free travel for "new Europe" features high on Wednsday's EU-US summit in Vienna (Photo: European Commission)

EU threatens sanctions over US visa issue

The EU is set to urge the US to allow visa free travel to citizens from new member states and Greece or face similar restrictions from the European side.

A row over the US two-tier visa system for Europeans will feature at the forthcoming EU-US summit, starting on Wednesday (21 June) in Vienna.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso highlighted the issue during his visit to the US earlier this year and is planning to press for a more concrete reply at the summit.

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Visa free travel for "new Europe" features high on Wednsday's EU-US summit in Vienna (Photo: European Commission)

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