ROMANIA SCHENGEN ZONERomanian border policeman prepares to checks the waggons of an incoming train , at the Ungheni passing point between Romania and the Moldovan Republic , some 400 km north - east from Bucharest , on 18 January 2011 . When Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 , they were placed under a special monitoring mechanism to assist them in reforming their juridical systems and combat corruption . After France together with Germany vowed to veto the entry of Bulgaria and Romania , Romania ' s President Traian Basescu stated : " We will not accept discrimination from anyone , not even from the EU ' s most powerful states . We must have the same conditions as all the other states . " EPA / ROBERT GHEMENT < 뉴스 의 새 시대 , 연합뉴스 Live > < 모바일 애플리케이션 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >