What do you (mostly Greece) think of this possibility?
Posted by True-Blacksmith4235@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 51 comments
There is no formal document confirming the suspension, as of yet.
Thalassophoneus@reddit
Sounds like a desperate move to attract tourists.
OnePalmOne@reddit
Well, after 15 years of spending our summer vacations exclusively in Greece, this is the first year we’re considering alternative options (mostly domestic destinations like lakes and mountains). With two small kids it’s hard to justify spending hours waiting in line on a hot summer day.
khalaron@reddit
Fine with it. They visit us a lot in the summer and spend their money here. And they don't cause problems.
PhysicsVivid6625@reddit
I love coming to Greece bro
maximhar@reddit
Greece doesn't border Serbia, so how is this going to work?
geniuslogitech@reddit
planes and nm-greece border
Fit_Wait6923@reddit
Love me Serbs simple as
Candid-Shopping8773@reddit
what is the problem about the system? im a third country national and i pass the border in Greece in seconds now - and passport isn’t stamped anymore! i feel spoiled like i dont have to worry about going through the pain of renewal of my passport so travel like 2x more now
equili92@reddit
Dude, it added basically 3x waiting time for most borders
dragonbab@reddit
Wait till the vacations start. See if you changed your mind then.
the_lonely_creeper@reddit
The entire new system is a serious violation of privacy rights of people, and a dangerous source of data leaks.
We really should keep the old system for everyone. It's worked fine for decades, there's 0 reason to change to something more invasive.
LingonberryDizzy6633@reddit
It's amazing how Greece and Spain can do whatever they want, meanwhile we can't even deport rejected asylum seekers back to Belgium
Stverghame@reddit
Go cry on r/europe I guess? Wrong place
LingonberryDizzy6633@reddit
Wrong place for what, what rule am I breaking? I'm literally praising a balkan country
Stverghame@reddit
No rule broken.
Wrong place for complaining about your country, which is not a Balkan one.
LingonberryDizzy6633@reddit
So what? I'll complain about my country, I'll even complain about you if I want, wtf are you gonna do?
Stverghame@reddit
Complain about you I guess? Tired of crying westerners thinking they have it bad.
Jack55555@reddit
We do have it bad
Stverghame@reddit
Oh how I wish Balkans had it as bad as Dutch do... Yeah...
Jack55555@reddit
You are on the right track, Balkans are getting better and better every year that passes.
And that’s the circle of life. Turkey wishes they did as good as the EU balkans, Syria wishes it did as good as Turkey, Gambia probably wishes it did as good as the Middle East.
ismellsomethinggood@reddit
We will soon
Rundas77@reddit
well for one you cant deport rejected asylum seekers back to Belgium…
Syrmin@reddit
You probably can, but government have no balls
Yaya4_8@reddit
Go vote for a party against eu I guess we can’t do no shit for you here
Rundas77@reddit
but you could make it easier for Serbians to enter your country? Did you ever think about this?
casual_philosopher02@reddit
I mean we are just making it easier for Serbian nationals because they are a huge contribution to the tourism of northern Greece. Not the same as deporting asylum seekers!
Imaginary_String_814@reddit
😂😂😂
Chad vs virgin meme
Ok_Metal_7847@reddit
Blue east India flag, such a fake country 😂
Defiant-Dare1223@reddit
Why Serbians specifically? Just big numbers?
I'd have imagined we Brits would be biggest. At least of visa free countries.
gk98s@reddit
Brits won't drive into Greece and land borders are where you have the biggest queues
On-Fire31631@reddit
Many Serbs travel by land, and that is where the largest crowds occur. People need to exit the car to get their photo and fingerprints taken, which really slows down the flow. Airports are better equipped to handle it and it is a foot traffic anyway.
True-Blacksmith4235@reddit (OP)
I would be surprised if you aren’t already enjoying some sort of special status.
Yavannia@reddit
They already did it for Brits weeks ago.
FantasticQuartet@reddit
British are also exempt. In fact, you were the first nationality who got this exemption by Greece.
New_Reception_5387@reddit
every Eu external border with balkan is a total nightmare I had to wait 5 hours to enter Hrvatska from Bosnia two weeks ago
LaVeriteEstDansLeVin@reddit
Are we going to make a serb priority lane lol
It's cool I guess, enjoy
True-Blacksmith4235@reddit (OP)
EU, non EU and… Serbs
BoringKick5331@reddit
They don't need to do this for Israel, Israelis don't have to wait long because they just cut in the passport control line.
This-Wall-1331@reddit
Portugal is doing the same because of British and American tourists. Apparently implementing EES has been a total chaos everywhere.
unpopularthinker@reddit
EU with its orders. First let milions of migrants without a single document walk in freely. Now stop and check people who are going on vacation to spend their money there.
Forward-Rub-8187@reddit
Because Greece is ❤️💕
Medium_Respond_9650@reddit
Whats the point if the system wont be temporarly suspended all together over summer. Especially it doesnt make sense at land borders, you will still wait in line between those who are subject to the EES.
Also, the EU allows suspension of EES during peak hours over summer for all nationals subject to it.
True-Blacksmith4235@reddit (OP)
Yeah, in order for this to be truly beneficial and functional, it has to be applied to everyone.
They are supposedly taking about period between June 1 and August 30, for Serbia.
OkoMushrooom@reddit
This needs to happen because you can literally feel the Evzoni border traffic jams in the summer all the way from Skopje on the highway.
FantasticQuartet@reddit
Not surprising. I was in Thessaloniki recently and it was like a Balkan meetup. Everywhere I saw Serbian, Bulgarian, Turkish ect, car plates.
Stverghame@reddit
Will this really solve it if it doesn't work for North Macedonia (or anyone else)?
Greek_Bodybuilder995@reddit
The EU entry system and the Schengen visa system has been a real shitshow over the last few years.
BamBumKiofte23@reddit
Sounds good. Let's also extend it to all of our other neighbors until the new systems start working well.
amazingamy19@reddit
Agree. How is this gonna work if i am in line behind there Macedonian cars.
True-Blacksmith4235@reddit (OP)
Just when I thought Srebrno jezero is gonna have its tourism peak, Greeks came to the rescue.
cleaner007@reddit
Well it was 3 hours wait sometimes even without this