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Romania-Insider (14 November 2022)

Radu Dumitrescu

Romania’s hopes to join the Schengen area by year’s end could reportedly be squandered not only by the Netherlands’ refusal but also that of Sweden, after it was revealed that the far-right Sweden Democrats are against it.

The Swedish government recently put forth a proposal to the parliament stipulating that the country support Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia’s bid for Schengen membership. The government, however, does not have the majority in the Swedish legislative and may witness the rejection of its proposal. The cause for that rejection is the party on which the government relies for its majority, the Sweden Democrats (SD).

PM Ulf Kristersson’s Moderate Party leads a center-right coalition that also includes the Liberals and the Christian Democrats. However, the coalition relies on the 73 deputies that the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats have in the legislative to maintain a majority, and unlike the center-right governing parties, the SD are opposed to Romania’s hopes to join Schengen.

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