President Traian Basescu on Thursday told visiting French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault that Romania has quite a number of issues, but some have become 'urgent', and the country's Schengen accession is one of them; the French official replied that the process could be completed in two phases.
'Mr. Prime Minister, Romania has many problems, but some have become urgent. One has to do with Romania's integration with EU structures and I am referring here to our access to the Schengen Area and Romania's joining the eurozone. The second major problem is related to Romania's competitiveness on foreign markets,' said the Romanian head of state at the beginning of the meeting with Premier Jean-Marc Ayrault at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.
In response, the French Premier mentioned the possibility for Romania to join the Schengen in two phases.
Mr. President, I heard you speak about Romania's Schengen integration and I understand very well Romania's point of view, I had the occasion to also discuss the subject with the Romanian Prime Minister. France has always been open as regards this issue and expressed several times its support. In our opinion, Romania's Schengen accession could be done in two phases: the first should consist of lifting air border controls, of course, this decision will be taken under the best conditions. The security and integrity of EU borders must definitely be strengthened, the EU external border must be protected, because we have to fight together against corruption and crime, stressed the French Prime Minister.
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