The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mart Rutte, stated that he wants Bulgaria to complete the monitoring mechanism of the Schengen Information System and a new assessment under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism.

"As I said before, we don't say no, we say not now.

We need two more things from Bulgaria - to complete the monitoring mechanism of the Schengen Information System and secondly, a new evaluation of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism'', Rüte noted.

Did we deserve the "No" for Schengen?

This can be done by the summer, and if there is a positive development, Bulgaria can join Schengen, Rutte said today before the meeting of the European Council in Brussels, quoted by BNR.

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Mark Ruete