<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><AQE.QER VERSION="2"><QUESTION QID="E-011237-14" AIDREF="AE-011237-14" LEG.VAL="WQ"><HEAD.Q><TI1><P.WQ>Question for written answer<NO.WQ QID="Q-E-011237-14">E-011237-14</NO.WQ></P.WQ><P.WQ>to the<DEST.WQ ORG="OTHER"> Council</DEST.WQ></P.WQ></TI1><TI2><P.WQ>Rule 130</P.WQ><P.WQ><AUTHOR.WQ PERSID="88882">Victor Negrescu</AUTHOR.WQ><POL.GROUP GR="S&amp;D">(S&amp;D)</POL.GROUP></P.WQ></TI2><P.WQ><DATE.WQ DATE.DOC="20141222">(22 December 2014)</DATE.WQ></P.WQ></HEAD.Q><OBJ.Q OBJID="O-E-011237-14"><INT.OBJ.Q>Subject:</INT.OBJ.Q><TXT> Romania in the Schengen Area</TXT></OBJ.Q><CONTENTS CTNID="QC-E-011237-14"><P>What is the stage of the process of Romania’s integration in the Schengen Area, and what other criteria should Romanian meet, in the Council’s opinion, in order to acquire this status?</P></CONTENTS></QUESTION></AQE.QER>