Minister: Schengen Entry Feasible in 2007 Pending Council Decision

Brdo pri Kranju, 26 October - Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate is confident that Slovenia could join the Schengen passport-free zone by the end of 2007 if the EU Council endorses in December the proposal that the Portuguese Schengen Information System (SIS) be implemented in the EU newcomers.

Brdo pri Kranju Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (background) and his Austrian counterpart Liese Prokop (left) after a meeting of the Salzburg Forum. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (background) and his Austrian counterpart Liese Prokop (left) after a meeting of the Salzburg Forum.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (right) and his Austrian counterpart Liese Prokop (left) after a meeting of the Salzburg Forum. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (right) and his Austrian counterpart Liese Prokop (left) after a meeting of the Salzburg Forum.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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