EU to suspend visa-free travel for the US citizens?

The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to take necessary action to reintroduce visa requirement for US citizens visiting the EU. “The EU Commission is legally obliged to take measures temporarily reintroducing visa requirements for US citizens, given that Washington still does not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries,” the resolution stated. MEPs hopes that such measures will be adopted “within two months.” According to the EU visa reciprocity mechanism, if a third country does not lift its visa requirements within 24 months of being notified of non-reciprocity, the EU 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. Citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania still need a visa to enter the US territory. Canada also requires visas for Bulgarian and Romanian citizens, but it will be lifted on December 1, this year. In the past the Commission has cautioned that suspending the visa waiver for US nationals would also hurt trade, tourism and the European economy.