In a resolution approved on Thursday, members of European
Parliament (MEPs) urged the executive arm of the European Union (EU) to
temporarily reintroduce visa requirements for citizens of the United States.
The text, prepared by the civil liberties committee, was adopted
by a show of hands in the plenary of the European Parliament in Brussels. The
MEPs urged for the measures to be adopted "within two months."
The EU lawmakers argued that the European Commission was legally
obliged to adopt the necessary legal measures, given that Washington still does
not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries.
Citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania still
cannot enter US territory without a visa, while US citizens can travel to all
EU countries visa-free.
According to the visa reciprocity mechanism, if a third country
does not lift its visa requirements within 24 months of being notified of
non-reciprocity, the commission must adopt a delegated act - to which both
Parliament and the Council may object - suspending the visa waiver for its
nationals for 12 months.
Following a notification of non-reciprocity on April 12, 2014, the
European Commission should have acted before April 12, 2016, but it has yet to
take any legal measures, the lawmakers complained.
In April 2014, the European Commission was notified that five
countries were not meeting their obligations towards the EU with regard to
reciprocity of visa-free travel: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Japan and the
United States.
Australia, Brunei and Japan
have since lifted their visa requirements for all EU citizens and Canada will
do so in December this year
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