Slovenia expresses its support for Croatia’s entry into the Schengen area
The Government of Slovenia has expressed its support for Croatia’s entry into the Schengen area of the European Union.
In a statement published by the Republic of Slovenia, the latter emphasized that Croatia’s entry into the borderless Schengen area is in “our common European interest”. SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
“For Slovenia, the arbitration award is final and is legally confirmed in Slovenia by the Act on recording the state border with the Republic of Croatia from December 2017. Slovenian politics has a primary duty to protect national interests; therefore, final decisions will be made in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia,” reads the statement.
Recently, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković emphasized that Croatia expects to become part of the Schengen area.
The Croatian Prime Minister emphasized that the country expects to become part of the Schengen area on January 1, 2023, stressing that the country has fulfilled all the conditions for entry into the Schengen area, and at the same time he emphasized that the country is ready to give everyone further information about this explanations. those who want it so that the country officially becomes a Schengen member on January 1, 2023.
Plenković said that in the coming weeks the committee of the European Parliament should also give the green light after assessing the country’s readiness for criteria such as protecting the state border and managing the migration situation, adding that the final decision in this regard is under the jurisdiction of the EU Council for Justice and Home Affairs.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also expressed his support for the entry of Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania into the Schengen area.
Scholz emphasized the fact that these three Balkan countries fulfilled all the conditions for entering the Schengen area.
The German chancellor’s comments came after his visit to the Czech capital, while stressing that the EU’s borderless area is among the EU’s greatest achievements; therefore, it must be protected and further developed.
“Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria meet all the technical conditions for full membership. I will work for them to become full members,” reads Scholz’s statement.
However, not everyone supported Croatia’s entry into the Schengen area. Already in August, Human Rights Watch (HRW) opposed Croatia’s entry into Schengen because of Croatia’s treatment of migrants.
But the authorities in Croatia rejected Human Rights Watch’s requests.