Meanwhile the eu is also preventing certain member states from free travel by not allowing them to join schengen. All thanks to two countries playing power, one of which being a russia appeaser. Not much news on that.
Nope, it’s austria. Awash with russian money and corruption. Had a few former politicians dancing with putin’s cronies (some literally), and are still very much pro russia.
Netherlands and Austria are keeping Romania and Bulgaria out of Schengen even though Romania (at least) meets the necessary requirements to join for the last few years.