{"id":3020,"date":"2018-10-24T21:10:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candybrick.com\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2018-10-24T21:10:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:10:12","slug":"croatia-schengen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candybrick.com\/de\/croatia-schengen\/","title":{"rendered":"Schengen Area: Croatia plans to join until 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schengen is, in fact, named after a village situated in Luxembourg<\/strong>, a small country surrounded entirely by Belgium, France and Germany.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>In 1985, the cooperation of governments directed to the signing of an agreement, in this agreement it was fixed a gradual abolition on checks and control on the border,<\/strong> easing the free movement of the european working population, that needs entering and exiting those borders. <\/span><\/p>\n

In 1990, there was the implementation of this agreement, it started with 7 EU States in 1995 and now, is implemented as part of the body of rules governing the European Union.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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According to the European Commission:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\u201cThe free movement of persons is a fundamental right guaranteed by the EU to its citizens. It entitles every EU citizen to travel, work and live in any EU country without special formalities. Schengen cooperation enhances this freedom by enabling citizens to cross internal borders without being subjected to border checks. The border-free Schengen Area<\/a> guarantees free movement to more than 400 million EU citizens, as well as to many non-EU nationals, businessmen, tourists or other persons legally present on the EU territory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The area is the world largest border-free zone, 26 countries are part of this visa-free zone, making it 6 European countries that are not yet part of the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently, the countries that are not part of the area are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania and the United Kingdom. Also some countries that are non-EU States have joined the area, such as, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Croatia’s place in relation to Schengen<\/h2>\n

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Croatia has recently become a member of the European Union, since 1 July 2013. As this change is quite recent, the country is still on the list of EU States that are not yet part of the zone. However, this is about to change, and this change is going to apply at the end of 2020.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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To join the area, the country has to follow a few requirements, and those are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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