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Germany has joined the Netherlands in openly opposing Romania and Bulgaria's Schengen bid (Photo: wfbakker2)

Germany to veto Schengen enlargement

Germany will veto Romania and Bulgaria's bid to join the border-free Schengen area at a meeting of interior ministers in Brussels on Thursday (7 March), due to insufficient progress against corruption.

"If Romania and Bulgaria insist on having a vote, their push will fail because of a German veto. The idea to gradually open up, meaning air and sea borders first, is also off the table," German interior minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told

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Germany has joined the Netherlands in openly opposing Romania and Bulgaria's Schengen bid (Photo: wfbakker2)

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