EU interior ministers are set to hammer out proposals to enlarge the borderless Schengen area to the new member states.
If the plans work out as scheduled, the citizens travelling to and from the ten countries will not have to undergo checks at their borders inside the Union.
The ministers are expected to give a go-ahead to the Commission's proposals at their meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday and Friday (2-3 June).
Under the current plans, the eight new countries could join...
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