By bne IntelliNews Members of the European Parliament adopted on October 18 a resolution calling for admission of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen as the two countries have long ago fulfilled all the criteria. The resolution was accepted with the votes of 547 MEPs, while just 49 were against and 43 abstained. Currently, all EU member states except Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania are part of the Schengen area, which also encompasses non-EU states Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. “Noting that the Schengen area is “one of the greatest achievements of the European Uni…