EU split over newest members joining ID-check-free zone


              FILE - Romanian border policemen look at thermal scanner screens during an illegal migrant capture drill near the road border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Sculeni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
            
              FILE - A road sign on the exit side of the road border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Sculeni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
            
              FILE - A Romanian border policeman checks a fuel train at the railway border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Ungheni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
            
              FILE - A Romanian border police officer, seen through a plexiglass fence, guards a railway border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Ungheni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
            
              FILE - A Romanian border police officer checks the locomotive of a cargo train at the railway border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Ungheni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
            
              FILE - Romanian border police officers, seen through a plexiglass fence, patrol a railway border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Ungheni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
            
              FILE - A Romanian border police officer stands guard at the railway border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Ungheni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
            
              FILE - A Romanian border police officer, seen through a plexiglass fence, patrols a railway border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Ungheni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
EU split over newest members joining ID-check-free zone