Bulgaria and Romania partially enter the Schengen area. Romanian travelers will no longer need to present a passport or visa to travel to the EU.
But for now, on the roads, controls will be maintained, to the great dismay of truck drivers. Croatia, which entered the EU after Romania (19 million inhabitants) and Bulgaria (6.5 million), members since 2007, beat them to the punch in January 2023. If this accession is only partial for the moment, it should not have a significant impact for the citizens of these countries.