Chairman of the People’s Movement Party (PMP), MEP Eugen Tomac, states that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Lucian Bode, has the opportunity to discuss the issue of Romania’s accession to the Schengen area during an informal meeting of the JHA Council, organized in Stockholm on January 25, in which the Romanian official was invited to participate, according to Agerpres.

„On January 25, Mr. Bode is invited to Stockholm, to an informal meeting of the JHA Council, informs us the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which convened this meeting. The visit is important, we do not yet have confirmation of the Romanian Minister of the Internal Affairs’ participation in the event from Sweden, but we are talking about the opportunity he has to discuss, even in an informal format, the issue of our access to the Schengen area. It remains to be seen if, this time, the dialogue, perseverance and negotiation capacity of of the current government will be more successful than before. So, all eyes are on Stockholm, where, between January 25-27, an informal JHA Council will take place,” Tomac wrote on Facebook on Friday.

Agerpres