French Minister: Bulgaria, Romania Could Leak Shengen Data to Criminals

Bulgaria in EU | January 20, 2011, Thursday // 20:18|  views

French Minister of European Affairs Laurent Wauquiez. Photo by EPA/BGNES

France reiterated Thursday its staunch opposition to a March 2011 entry of Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen Area, in a statement by European Affairs Minister Laurent Wauquiez.

"If Schengen's database enters into the hands of international organized crime, then all European internal security vanishes into thin air," said Wauquiez at a press-conference in Helsinki.

The French minister thus intensified worries on the part of both France and Germany that Bulgaria and Romania have still sufficient problems with justice and law enforcement that could render Schengen entry impracticable for the time being.

Wauquiez characterized a March 2011 accession to Schengen as "premature," recalling France's position that Bulgaria and Romania are in addition vulnerable to illegal immigration and trafficking of weapons, drugs and humans.

Thursday German Minister of Interior Thomas de Maiziere also reiterated the negative position of his country.

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Tags: Schengen, Romania, France, EU, Germany, Thomas de Maiziere, Laurent Wauquiez, organized crime, justice, trafficking, immigration

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