Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said Thursday his country will veto EU members Romania and Bulgaria joining the passport-free Schengen area, as he attended a meeting of EU colleagues in Brussels.
Austrian Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner speaks during a news conference about the results of the repatriation conference in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (Photo: AP)
The meeting of EU interior ministers was expected to approve Croatia joining Schengen, which currently encompasses 22 of the EU's 27 member countries plus Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
Source(s): AFP
