Visas for Americans and Canadians would be the answer to unequal treatment of EU citizens and visa requirements, which in the USA are Poles, Bulgarians, Croatians, Romanians and Cypriots, and in Canada only Bulgarians and Romanians. How do they do to us, so we have them – this is a simplified summary of this conflict.
Under the existing since last year requirement solidarity of EU visa issues, the European Commission demands from the Americans and Canadians equal treatment. The whole Union does not apply to citizens of the United States and Canada require visas, so you also zrezygnujcie of these expectations for us – he says the Commission. And he adds that if the visa does not disappear for citizens of all EU member states, the Union reciprocate the same and introduce visas for Americans and Canadians.
And if the Commission put the matter to a head and will be crucial, Americans and Canadians wishing to visit continental Europe (because the United Kingdom and Ireland under special agreements that have been saved in the accession treaties, is exempted from visa requirements) soon will have before going to apply for a visa.
But, as usual, on the visas and this time with a big cloud may fall a little rain. Because the European Parliament or the European Council, which brings together the leaders of 28 countries, rather reject any proposal from the European Commission on visas. No one will want to risk a deterioration in relations with the United. Especially that between Brussels and Washington under negotiation pact commercial, and besides, for less than two weeks from scheduled for April 12 discussion on visas for the trade talks to Europe arrives Barack Obama.
Even the occurrence of Polish government initiative putting on visas Americans against the wall is unlikely. We also prefer not to do themselves overseas enemies. Brussels must take the discussion on visas, because it obliges it to EU law, but there is no guarantee as to the effectiveness of such a debate, and beneficial effect for Polish and other countries covered by the visa. So a lot of points to the fact that the issue of visas and reciprocity will erode up.
The more that the tenacity of Americans and Canadians on visas applied for and the wider global trend of closing and fencing. Americans after the terrorist attack in Paris tightened immigration rules in relation to the Europeans. Even citizens of countries that do not need a visa, they must apply for permission to enter the United States if, within the last five years were for example. Iraq, Iran, Syria or Sudan. Just as those who have dual citizenship one of these countries.
Canada, which today require visas only of Romanians and Bulgarians, citizens of those countries which have won a visa-free travel, is going to require registration in the electronic system before the trip. The proposal will have to find not only personal data but information about the employer or profession. And anyway besides still in place everyone will have to go through a conversation with an officer-in-exile.
The introduction of visas for Americans and Canadians also provoke an automatic retaliation. Americans do not have a visa agreement with the whole of the EU, signed by the EU with each country separately. Regulation of the European Parliament from 2015. Requires the solidarity of EU countries, or if any of the countries are treated unequally, others stand in his defense, eg. Like today support the introduction of visas for Americans. So eg. The French or Germany interceding for Poles or Romanians, they would risk a deterioration of relations with the US.
In the current atmosphere unrealistic. Why Germany would sympathize with the Poles in this case, if we are not abiding by the principles of solidarity in other situations?
All in all though – although more visas for Americans and Canadians Brussels will not make – well, that about this matter again it is noisy. A drop hollows out the rock. And maybe after years of efforts and unfulfilled promises of presidents at the end of the day will come when no citizen of the Union visas for travel Ocean will no longer be needed.
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