Due to the Schengen veto, “Romania will not take legal action before the Court of Justice of the European Union.” Romanian President Klaus Johannis made this clear on Wednesday. A boycott against Austrian companies is also not planned.
With the second statement, he especially warned the ministries headed by the ruling Socialists (PSD). They had in recent days encouraged numerous state-owned companies and subordinate authorities to immediately close their accounts at the major Austrian-capitalized commercial banks, BCR Erste and Raiffeisen. In many cases, they followed the recommendation.
Johannes: “Syncope, no rejection”
Romania’s head of state, Klaus Johannis, has now said Austria’s gesture should be understood as “syncope, not rejection”. The Austrian government was especially quarreled with the high number of refugees. Collective grumbling and negative reactions are out of place. Romania is neither alone nor unwanted in the Schengen affair.
Clear reservations through diplomacy
He reiterated that joining the border-free Schengen area remains a top priority and that he will also discuss the issue at the upcoming EU summit. The concerns of Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) could be dispelled “only through diplomacy”. According to Johannis, Romania’s accession to Schengen in the coming year remains “feasible”, if necessary through a decoupling of Bulgaria, which the country will only consider in extreme cases. That would be the case if the Dutch government did not reconsider Bulgaria.
Johannis thinks that solutions will be available in March 2023. Austria’s demands would not concern Romania at all, but would be addressed to the EU Commission,
Source: Krone
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