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Ministers present their arguments to the Netherlands in support of Bulgaria joining Schengen

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Three ministers in the Bulgarian caretaker cabinet - Nikolay Milkov, Ivan Demerdzhiev, and Krum Zarkov, have presented arguments for the admission of Bulgaria to Schengen, during a joint online meeting with the committees on foreign affairs, justice and security, and European affairs of the House of Representatives of the Dutch parliament, BTA reported. This became known from a post on the Facebook page of Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov.

The Dutch government is expected to make a decision on the topic tomorrow, with Bulgaria still being the subject of intense disputes. According to information from the Dutch newspaper "The Telegraph", which refers to insiders, Bulgaria does not meet all the requirements yet.




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