Nope, this “membership” is only for air and water travel. There are still border checks on land. A great victory, as the politicians said, indeed.

Which requirements exactly? Taking in Austria’s immigrants so their populists can brag that they’ve saved their country?

The requirements have been met a long time ago, and so says the European Commission. I guess Austria is the only enlightened in the whole EU to determine that Bulgaria and Romania are not ready.

Even as a strong believer in a united Europe, I can’t blame people getting eurosceptic, seeing how our supposed allies treat us.

Same. It’s amazing how much time I have when the algorithm isn’t shoving me endless content, trying to keep me engaged.

Wikipedia article if anyone’s interested