European Union interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday and Friday to take a decision on Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the border-free Schengen area.
The meeting comes just a day after the non-binding vote of the European Parliament, which voted in favor of allowing Bulgarians and Romanians to travel across Europe without a passport.
The interior ministers however are expected to delay agreeing to bring in the two countries until September due to concerns over their ability to control their borders with non-EU neighbours.