European Union | EU council moves toward new rules on visa-free travel
EU member states’ ambassadors have agreed on a draft regulation that would let the EU suspend visa-free travel for countries whose citizens are exempt from visa obligations when traveling to the Schengen area.
Key Points:Under the new mechanism, the EU would have the following new grounds to suspend the visa-free regime:When a country outside the EU has visa rules that don’t align with those of the EU, which could lead to more people coming to the EU.
When an investor citizenship scheme is involved, where citizenship is granted without a genuine link to the third country in exchange…