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EU counts cost of US visa war

13 April 2016

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"Imposing visas on US visitors would harm transatlantic relations and cost billions of euros, the European Commission has said. “It would be a major disaster,” a former EU diplomat added.... It came following talks by EU officials in Strasbourg after a legal deadline expired on “non-reciprocity” - the fact that US nationals can go to any EU state without a permit, but people from five EU countries still need visas to enter the US.

The five countries are Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Poland, and Romania"

See the full text: EU counts cost of US visa war (euobserver, link)

See: Lack of visa reciprocity with the U.S., Canada and Brunei: European Commissions assesses state of play and discusses next steps (Press elease, pdf) and Communication: State of play and the possible ways forward as regards the situation of non-reciprocity with certain third countries in the area of visa policy (COM 221-16, pdf)

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