PARLTAMENT
OF R.OMANIA
CHAMBER
OF'DEPUTIES
EUROPEAN
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
Bucharest,
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Ms.
Anne-Marie
MELDGAARI)
Chairperson
of
the
European
Affairs
Committee
The
Folketins of Denmark
Dear
Ms.
Meldgaard,
We
were
surprised
to
leam
in
late
April, of
a
letter
sent
to
Denmark's prime-minister,
by
four
members
of
the European Parliament, elected
in
Denmark,
asking
to indefinitely
delay
Romania's
and
Bulgaria's
accession
to
the
Schengen
are4
based
on
concems
regarding
rmacceptable
levels
of comrption
and
criminality.
One
would
expect
MEP's to
have
their
say
in
the
European Pa¡liament
which is
presently
dealing'
with the
Schengen accession
matter,
and
support
a
European
Parliament's
resolution,
as
members
of
the organization,
even
ifopposed
to
their
own
views.
Besides
the
"status
&
role
imbalance"
of
the
mentioned déma¡che,
a flaw
may
have
appeared
in the analysis
of
'þalzs
vs.
loses"
of
the European
Union
and those
member
states
opposing the
Schengen accession.
In
short,
rejection may
well
result
in
losing focus
and
diminishing
performance
in
guarding
the
EU
borders,
once
the
two
countries saw
their
quest
indefinitely
rejected,
and
this,
after
a
tremendous
effort
to
meet the
conditions
set
in
the begirurings
ofthe
process.
'
On May 2,
the
Civil
Liberties
Committee voted
33
in
favour
ard
3
against
Bulgaria
and
Romania's
bid
to
join
the
Schengen area,
stating that the
two
countries have met
the
necessary
conditions,
based
on
the
evaluation
reports on
their
preparations.
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