German Chancellor Schultz comes to Austria

According to the Federal Chancellor, there is still no set date for the visit. So the topics should be Neighborhood Cooperation and Schengen Enlargement. Berlin and Vienna have different opinions on this matter.

Berlin is pushing for Romania and Bulgaria to join Schengen

In a meeting with his Romanian counterpart Ion Marcel Ciulacu in Berlin on Tuesday, the head of Germany’s Social Democratic government, for Austria, said Germany is “constantly” discussing Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area. With our “skeptical friends”. Berlin is pushing EU countries to join Schengen this year.

First visit to Vienna since taking office

Nehammer again referred to the German controls on the border with Austria. Cooperation with Germany is the order of the day because it is the most economically powerful country within the European Union, “at the same time the Federal Republic controls the borders with Austria because the Federal Republic believes that there is a problem with irregular immigration.” Advisor. Nehammer said he was “ready to continue working on Schengen solutions and then, together with the Federal Republic, to end border controls at the German-Austrian border.”

The chancellor said that when it comes to immigration, a lot is currently happening within the EU. Now you have to assess the impact of these measures and how the protection of the EU’s external borders works “and then you can discuss the issue of joining Schengen”.

The head of the German government, who has been in office since December 2021, has not yet paid a bilateral visit to Vienna. Nehammer visited his counterpart in Berlin at the end of March 2022.