Ngemva kweminyaka engu-13 yokulinda, Bulgaria futhi IRomania ingene ngokusemthethweni endaweni enkulu yeSchengen yokuhamba ngokukhululeka phakathi kwamabili ngeSonto zingama-31 kuNdasa.
Kusukela ngalolo suku, izilawuli emoyeni wangaphakathi nasemingceleni yolwandle zizosuswa, nakuba zingeke zikwazi ukuvula imingcele yazo yezwe. Emigwaqweni, izilawuli zizohlala zikhona okwamanje, okuthukuthelise kakhulu abashayeli bamaloli, ngenxa ye-veto eyenziwa yi-Austria ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthutheleka kwabafuna ukukhoseliswa.
Naphezu kwalokhu kungena ngokwengxenye, okulinganiselwe ezikhumulweni zezindiza nasezikhumulweni zemikhumbi, lesi sinyathelo sinenani elingokomfanekiso eliqinile. "Lokhu kube yimpumelelo enkulu kuwo womabili la mazwe", kumemezela uMongameli weKhomishini YaseYurophu, u-Ursula von der Leyen, ebhekisela esikhathini "somlando" wendawo yaseSchengen.
Ngokungena kabili kweBulgaria neRomania, indawo eyakhiwe ngo-1985 manje inamalungu angama-29: angama-25 kwangu-27. European Izifunda ze-Union (ngaphandle kwe-Cyprus ne-Ireland), kanye ne-Switzerland, i-Liechtenstein, i-Norway ne-Iceland.
"Ukuheha kweRomania kuye kwaqiniswa futhi, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lokhu kuzokhuthaza ukwanda kwezokuvakasha", wajabula uNgqongqoshe Wezobulungiswa waseRomania, u-Alina Gorghiu, eqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kumiswa kuzoheha abatshalizimali futhi kuzuze ukuchuma kwezwe.
Ukulandela lesi sigaba sokuqala, esinye isinqumo kufanele sithathwe ngu Umkhandlu ukusetha usuku lokuphakanyiswa kwezilawuli emingceleni yangaphakathi yomhlaba.
