Apart from withdrawing yet more funds, the EU could also delay Bulgaria's accession to the Schengen visa-free travel zone, planned for 2011-12.
ECONOMIST: Bulgarian corruption
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Another big task is meeting European Union worries about the rule of law, which are holding up Romania's accession to the Schengen passport-free travel zone.
ECONOMIST: Romanian politics
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Then on Wednesday, Switzerland, not a member of the EU but part of its passport-free travel zone, invoked a special safeguard clause that allows it to cap the number of workers from 28 European countries.