The EU is deeply divided on the Schengen accession of Romania and Bulgaria and the project has been put on ice.Because of the blockade of the Netherlands and Finland were able to appropriate EU interior ministers at their meeting on Thursday in Brussels fail to agree on a timetable for the planned abolition of border controls for the two former Soviet bloc states. At this stage the leaders find a way out of the impasse and the topic at the EU summit on 17 and 18 October advise. At EU level, a unanimous decision is required.For the second time this year, Romania and Bulgaria thus postpone their accession to the group of full members. Is a new date does not exist. , The intended opening of sea and air borders by the end of October, according to EU diplomats now become impossible. "The next date would be March 2012," said one EU diplomat. "It's all open again."The Netherlands and Finland block with the argument that the two Balkan countries are not their problems with corruption and organized crime were under control. The borders were open, criminal gangs have free travel to Western Europe, they say. "I think both countries need to do a lot," said Dutch Immigration Minister Gerd Leers. "We want to avoid a situation in which we decide now and regret it later." This weakens public confidence in European institutions. Leers said: "If you have a door with the top eight locks in the world, but before the door is someone who makes every clean, then we have a problem."The federal government was cautiously optimistic: "I think this is a new situation, which is reconsidered in the Netherlands," said Interior Secretary Ole Schröder (CDU).Poland's Interior Minister Jerzy Miller was, however, deeply disappointed by the inconclusive meeting: ". Today was a broken promise" Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 and had received the promise, and full member of the Schengen area without border controls to be. "Today we have abandoned the idea of ​​Europe," Miller complained. Poland currently has the presidency of the EU Council of Ministers held and had lobbied for the two Eastern European countries.The compromise proposal in the Council of Poland had no chance of being realized. He envisaged a gradual accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Then in October, which should start in the aviation and maritime border controls and the controls disappear in mid-2012 at land borders. After Germany and France in the spring had not prevented the recording, they now advocate such a solution levels. Berlin and Paris, but insist that there is no automatic, but will be decided next year again. Secretary Schroeder said, referring to next year and the opening of land borders: "It is not only about the decision when, but also about the ob»For months, the topic is controversial, most recently, Romania had kept out of anger over the attitude of the Netherlands with Dutch tulip bulbs transports on its borders.Founded in 1985 in the Schengen area countries should no longer control their internal borders. For the surveillance of external borders has been strengthened. Today, 25 states belong to Schengen, which include 22 EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.

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