Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (both ÖVP) will visit the Bulgarian-Turkish border on Monday. Before embarking on the journey, Nehammer called for more EU support in protecting the external border. For example, EU money will be made available for a border fence on the Bulgarian side based on the Greek model.
Austria vetoed Bulgaria’s and Romania’s accession to Schengen in December due to illegal migration. Before the visit, Nehammer stressed that Austria’s Schengen veto would remain in force “until the situation fundamentally changes”.
Nehammer and Karner drive to the border with the Bulgarian president, Rumen Radev, and the Bulgarian interior minister, Ivan Demerdzhiev. A visit to the Border Police Regional Coordination Center near the town of Elhovo is planned, as well as a meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Galab Donev after the return trip to Sofia.
Source: Krone
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