EU: Romania and Bulgaria failed to join the Schengen District, and the transporters complained for days

According to the recent announcement of the European Council, the European Council approved the Schengen Agreement to be fully applicable to Croatia and decided to cancel border control with Croatia. Accordingly, Croatia was approved to join the Schengen District. At the same time, EU countries still have differences on whether to approve Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Area, and their applications have not been approved.

It is conceivable how disappointed Romania and Bulgaria are, especially in the logistics and transportation industry.

Logistic carriers should be one of the groups most affected by Romania's failure to join the Schengen District. Every day, there are long lines of trucks on the western border of Romania, and drivers often have to wait for hours to pass the customs. For business owners, it means the loss of time and money. It also increases fatigue and stress for drivers.

With this visit to the Schengen District, the above problems will remain unsolved.

Ilie Ilea, manager of Marvicon Transportation Company in Romania, said, "I think we are 100% ready to enter Schengen District. Our vehicles pass through several Schengen countries, and their preparation is not better than ours."

In addition, if you join the Schengen District, the labor crisis faced by logistics transportation companies all the year round can be alleviated to a certain extent, such as the introduction of labor workers from Africa and Asia. If Romanian entrepreneurs fail to join the Schengen District, they must apply for Schengen visas for African and Asian workers even if they have recruited them. This is a time-consuming and expensive procedure.

Szilagyi Gheorghe, manager of Rozoti Prodcom, a Romanian road transport company, complained: "Our transport company has been greatly affected, spending too much time on customs formalities. We have provided additional daily allowance for drivers, but the goods have also been delayed in arriving at the destination." It is reported that they have to ship 150 to 160 trucks every day. Gheorghe believed that the failure to join the Schengen District was a mockery of the domestic people by Romanian politicians.

Cristian Com ă Nescu is a lorry driver in romania. He believed that Romania's objection to the application came from Austria and the Netherlands. For him, every time he works, because of the long wait when passing the customs, it means that he can never get off work on time to return to his family.

Constantin Badea, Director General of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, believes that the negative impact of the application failure is first reflected in the loss of logistics time, efficiency and vehicle fuel, which also harms the physical and mental health of drivers. "This is the first time that we applied to join the Schengen District, but before us, the countries we joined were not set up with so many obstacles. In addition, most illegal immigrants did not enter through our country, but through Croatia, Serbia, Italy, the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean coast. For us, entering the application is a huge economic benefit, but obviously this time politics is put above economic benefits. Our politicians need to Be responsible for this. "

Vlad Deac, president of the Romanian Employers Federation (FPB), believes that all economic fields will be affected; The efficiency of the entire trade and supply chain, including road transport, air transport and sea transport, will become low.

He attacked the EU government: "The operation of the EU should take precedence over the financial interests of some politicians in some countries. If Europe wants to make a difference in the world, we must learn to cooperate and coexist."

Because of the inconvenience of transportation caused by redundant customs procedures, Romania's investment attraction will also be affected. In the structure of foreign direct investment in Romania, more than 29% entered the manufacturing industry. However, due to the existence of the customs border, the products produced in Romania still encounter unnecessary efficiency problems when entering the EU market, which greatly affects the competitiveness of the whole country in attracting foreign capital, as well as the free circulation of the labor market and the development potential of the social economy.