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I pointed out in my first post that the countries in questions have their own borders. The "EU" isn't an entity you reciprocate visa free travel from and to. S
by Kequc 11y ago
I pointed out in my first post that the countries in questions have their own borders.
The "EU" isn't an entity you reciprocate visa free travel from and to. Some member states of the EU, don't share the same visa rules as other member states. Such as in this case here. Why am I expected to talk in circles with you.
- germanier 11y agoThis is the clearest I can put it: Parties A and B want to enter into an agreement. B will only do so under condition X. Party B is free to state any conditions they want just as A is free to not accept them. Now substitute "Canada" for A, "Germany"/"France"/"Sweden"/... for B and "Enter a similar agreement with these other 25 countries" for X and you get the current situation. The EU member states decided to make this a condition to all their reciprocal visa agreements. If Canada thinks that's not fair they can withdraw from the reciprocal visa agreements.
- vidarh 11y ago> The "EU" isn't an entity you reciprocate visa free travel from and to. The EU has decided that it is, with the exception of the UK and Ireland which has specific opt-outs from Schengen. Whether the EU will stick to that or not, the point is that the visa policy of all EU members other than the UK and Ireland is set at EU level. Some non-Schengen EU members have still not fully harmonized their visa rules, but they are expected to, and the issue here is that the principles of Schengen visa policy is reciprocity, and then Canada's lack of willingness to reciprocate becomes a problem.