The European Commission intends to tighten visa issuance for Russians starting in 2027.
The European Commission intends to tighten the visa issuance process for Russian citizens in the next year, 2027. This was announced at a briefing by the EC representative on migration, Markus Lammerth, as reported by the Euronews channel. "We will propose to introduce targeted restrictive visa measures to further respond to security risks arising from hostile actions by third countries," said the European Commission representative, specifying that this measure will become part of the planned revision of the EU Visa Code for next year. The decision was a response to a collective letter from 11 EU member states (Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Estonia), which was also joined by Iceland and Norway. The reason for this decision was a collective letter from 11 European countries (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Sweden, as well as Iceland and Norway). Sweden initiated the creation of the document. The signatory countries are convinced that the lack of a unified visa policy among EU members reduces diplomatic pressure on Russia. In this regard, they demanded the introduction of mandatory rules for all EU states, to strengthen control over the enforcement of restrictions imposed in 2022, and to regularly disclose visa statistics. According to Euronews, which refers to statistical data, in the past year, 2025, France, Italy, and Spain became the main destinations for Russian travelers in Europe. In total, these three countries issued more than 400,000 visas to Russian citizens.
Critics of the message are convinced that larger countries simply receive more visa applications and doubt that trips by Russian tourists undermine the EU's anti-Russian policy.
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The European Commission intends to tighten the visa issuance process for Russian citizens in the next year, 2027. 11:42 06.06.2026 IA Tatar-inform - Kazan
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