Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca described Austria’s veto against the country’s accession to Schengen as “unfair” during a press conference at the Romanian embassy in Paris on Thursday evening. Ciuca reiterated that Romania deserves to join the Schengen area and will take steps to achieve this goal in 2023.
Ciuca also stressed that the data from European institutions such as Frontex, Europol or Eurodac would not confirm the migration figures announced by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior. The decisions of Romanian citizens towards Austrian companies must be respected, but the government wanted to change the Austrian position through diplomatic channels.
Accounts with Austrian banks have been closed
Following Austria’s veto, there were numerous calls for a boycott of Austrian companies in Romania. For example, ministries led by the co-governing socialists (PSD) encouraged numerous state-owned companies and subordinate authorities to close their accounts with the Austrian banks represented in Romania, which would have happened in many cases.
However, President Klaus Iohannis immediately called for moderation. At the EU summit, too, the president visibly tried to calm the flaring emotions. At no time did he have the impression that a diplomatic crisis or something like that was lurking. We won’t have anything like that,” Iohannis said.
Source: Krone
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