EU moves closer to reimposing visas on Western Balkans

The European Parliament’s lead negotiator, Spanish conservative MEP Agustin Diaz de Mera, has reached an agreement with member states to temporarily reimpose visa requirements for people coming from the Western Balkans.

Short-stay visa requirements for the EU were recently lifted for five Balkan states, but an upsurge of reportedly unfounded asylum demands from the region prompted member states last year to pressure the European Commission to tackle the problem.