The EU countries Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania are not part of the Schengen area. Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are in the Schengen area but are not EU member states. EU candidate countries. Candidate countries are countries that wish to join the EU.
Currently, the two countries maintain a close relationship and have developed a cross-border integration project which aims to increase social and economic integration to both countries. Hungary and Slovakia are currently members of the Schengen area and they also participate in the Visegrád Group with Poland and the Czech Republic . Austria "The Schengen Area is growing for the first time in more than a decade," the Czech Republic, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said on Twitter. "Ministers approved Croatia's membership as TrNQ.