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"Schengen is one of the biggest achievements of the EU. We must not destroy it with rash decisions. The Schengen system is providing the highest standards of border management. Romania and Bulgaria are meeting these standards today - hence, we must not delay their integration. I call on the Council to follow the recommendations of the vote expressed today by the large majority of the European Parliament."

EP President Jerzy Buzek speaks as the European Parliament gave almost unanimously its green light for Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen border check-free area

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