Sunday, 7 March 2021
No Result
View All Result
eudebates.tv
  • EU Policies
  • World
  • Special Debates
  • Events
  • Vote & Polls
eudebates.tv
No Result
View All Result
Home Debates EU Policies Transport and Travel

Croatia on the way to join the Schengen Area

EUdebates Team by EUdebates Team
31/10/2019
in Transport and Travel
0
Croatia Schengen borders
18
SHARES
180
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Related posts

mobile phone woman GSM coffee

EU wants FREE roaming calls, SMS and data for the next 10 years

24/02/2021
sunset-Summer holidays couple coffee

EU debates tourism industry and tries to save summer season 2021

22/02/2021

The Commission reported Croatia’s progress in meeting the necessary conditions to join the Schengen area. The European Commission considers that Croatia has taken the measures needed to ensure that the necessary conditions for the full application of the Schengen rules and standards are met.

Based on the results of the Schengen evaluation process, Croatia will need to continue working on the implementation of all ongoing actions. In particular its management of the external borders, to ensure that these conditions continue to be met.

The Commission also today confirms that Croatia continues to fulfil the commitments, linked to the Schengen rules, that it undertook in the accession negotiations.

I commend Croatia for its efforts and perseverance to meet all the necessary conditions to join Schengen.
President Jean-Claude Juncker

He also said: “It is only through being united and standing together that we can ensure a stronger Schengen area. Sharing the achievement of Schengen must be our common objective. This is why I trust that Member States will take the right steps for Croatia to become a full Schengen member soon.”

Schengen is one of the greatest and most tangible achievements of European integration.
Dimitris Avramopoulos

Security Union

Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos also said: “… But Schengen strength very much depends on its inclusiveness – now that Croatia has taken the measures to ensure that the necessary conditions are met, we must recognise this. Once it becomes a full Schengen member, it will contribute to further strengthening the Schengen area and ensure that the EU’s external borders are better protected.”

In 2017, President Juncker expressed his unequivocal support for Croatia becoming a full Schengen member. The Commission now is reporting on the positive result of a long process of evaluation and cooperation. European Commission has seen Croatia steadily improve to meet those conditions.

Assessment of all Schengen criteria

The evaluations conducted between June 2016 and May 2019, which examined Croatia in a number of areas. European Commission had already successfully evaluated and confirmed the full implementation of the Schengen rules in the areas of data protection, police cooperation, common visa policy, return, the Schengen Information System (SIS), firearms and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. EU Commission also confirms that Croatia has taken the necessary measures to ensure that the conditions for the application of Schengen rules in the field of external border management are met. Croatia will need to continue working to ensure the consistent implementation of all ongoing actions in this field.

Finally, the Commission is also reporting on the fulfilment of commitments undertaken by Croatia in its accession negotiations that are relevant for the Schengen rules. The commitments in particular concern the area of the judiciary and respect of fundamental rights. The Commission today confirms that Croatia continues to fulfil all of them.

The Commission invites the Council to discuss this communication with the aim of integrating Croatia into the Schengen area in line with the 2011 Act of Accession.

The Schengen area

The Schengen area is the largest free-travel area in the world, currently including 22 EU countries.

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, as well as 4 associated non-EU countries: Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

It allows citizens to move freely between those countries without having to go through border checks, making it easier to travel, work and live across borders.

Countries wishing to join the Schengen area must undergo a series of Schengen evaluations to confirm whether they fulfil the conditions necessary for the application of the Schengen rules. These evaluations assess whether a country is able to take responsibility for controlling the external borders on behalf of the other Schengen States, efficiently cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in other Schengen states in order to maintain a high level of security once border controls are abolished, apply the Schengen rules such as control of external land, sea and air borders (airports), issuing of Schengen visas, return procedures, police cooperation and protection of personal data, and finally the need to connect to and the use of the Schengen Information System.

Schengen borders in Croatia

As soon as Croatia meet all the necessary conditions for the application of all the relevant parts of the Schengen rules, then the Council will take a final decision by unanimity.

Croatia declared its readiness to start the Schengen evaluation process in all relevant policy areas in March 2015. Today’s report takes stock of the progress made during this evaluation process in all relevant areas and confirms the continued fulfilment of commitments undertaken by Croatia during its accession negotiations to the EU.

Share this debate with your friends!
Follow #eudebates on Google News and on Facebook
Tags: BordersCroatiaCross Border CooperationEU BordersEuropean Security and DefenceExternal bordersSchengenSecuritySecurity PolicySecurity Union
Share7Tweet5

Related EU debates

mobile phone woman GSM coffee
Transport and Travel

EU wants FREE roaming calls, SMS and data for the next 10 years

24/02/2021
sunset-Summer holidays couple coffee
Transport and Travel

EU debates tourism industry and tries to save summer season 2021

22/02/2021
train tram transport travel
Transport and Travel

Updates on EU travel restrictions, measures and border controls

13/02/2021
travel airplane landing aircraft
Transport and Travel

New 2021 Travel rules and European additional safeguards

26/01/2021
aircraft travel airplane landing
Transport and Travel

Airlines failed in 2020 as Air travel lost 60 per cent of travellers

19/01/2021
airport travellers
Transport and Travel

Vaccine certificates could Re-Open EU and save summer tourism

16/01/2021

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

wild boar - African swine fever virus - pigs

African swine fever: devising an ‘exit strategy’ for affected countries

07/03/2021
conference room office

Eurostat reports 2020 employment flows with empty offices

07/03/2021
architecture sky-building City

EU needs greater corporate transparency for big multinational companies

07/03/2021
First vaccinations, Ivory Coast

China’s vaccine diplomacy in Africa

07/03/2021
port Burgas Bulgaria

Bulgaria gets €63 million to improve drinking water quality

07/03/2021
trash sea plastic pollution

The global plastic waste problem

07/03/2021
  • Nigel Farage

    EU nasty and vindictive? Nigel Farage criticizes EU vaccines strategy

    69 shares
    Share 28 Tweet 17
  • EU: AstraZeneca logic can only work at the neighbourhood butchers

    48 shares
    Share 19 Tweet 12
  • Barnier: Brexit shows the EU is not a prison after EU-UK Trade Deal

    36 shares
    Share 14 Tweet 9
  • After Brexit will the UK lose the Falkland Islands?

    35 shares
    Share 14 Tweet 9
  • Portugal plans 2021 Year Europe’s recovery, cohesion and values

    35 shares
    Share 14 Tweet 9
wild boar - African swine fever virus - pigs

African swine fever: devising an ‘exit strategy’ for affected countries

07/03/2021
conference room office

Eurostat reports 2020 employment flows with empty offices

07/03/2021
architecture sky-building City

EU needs greater corporate transparency for big multinational companies

07/03/2021
First vaccinations, Ivory Coast

China’s vaccine diplomacy in Africa

07/03/2021
port Burgas Bulgaria

Bulgaria gets €63 million to improve drinking water quality

07/03/2021
trash sea plastic pollution

The global plastic waste problem

07/03/2021
eudebates.tv

Welcome to eudebates.tv the unique european initiative to promote debate, dialogue and communication among citizens for a better Europe.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • African swine fever: devising an ‘exit strategy’ for affected countries
  • Eurostat reports 2020 employment flows with empty offices
  • EU needs greater corporate transparency for big multinational companies
  • China’s vaccine diplomacy in Africa
  • Bulgaria gets €63 million to improve drinking water quality

Newsletter

Join our newsletter!

Enter your email to receive our newsletter.

Don't worry, we don't spam
wild boar - African swine fever virus - pigs

African swine fever: devising an ‘exit strategy’ for affected countries

07/03/2021
conference room office

Eurostat reports 2020 employment flows with empty offices

07/03/2021
architecture sky-building City

EU needs greater corporate transparency for big multinational companies

07/03/2021
  • Home
  • EU Policies
  • Special Debates
  • Events
  • Vote & Polls
  • Video

© 2021 eudebates - EU debates, dialogue, communication for a better Europe - Privacy Policy.

No Result
View All Result
  • EU Policies
  • World
  • Special Debates
  • Events
  • Vote & Polls

© 2021 eudebates - EU debates, dialogue, communication for a better Europe - Privacy Policy.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist