Thinking About a Trip to Europe? The EU May Soon Impose Visa Requirements on Americans

Dreaming of walking the streets of Paris, or taking in some "coffee" at one of Amsterdam's famous shops? Well, it may not be as simple as hopping on a plane to Europe anymore.

Thanks to an American law that requires the citizens of five European Union nations — Poland, Croatia, Romania, and Bulgaria (plus the island of Cyprus) — to have visas in order to enter the US, the European Parliament is voting to counter with their own similar law. In response to America's selective visa requirement, the Parliament is proposing a law that would require Americans traveling to any EU country to have a visa, starting as early as this Summer.

Though the European Parliament has been calling for equal treatment of all EU citizens since 2014 in regards to the American visa laws, it doesn't seem like a coincidence that more direct action is being taken so soon after the new US president — who has been vocal strengthening US borders — was elected.

Reuters reported that the Parliament, by a show of hands, "urged the Commission to adopt restrictive measures against US citizens 'within two months,'" but US and EU officials will be meeting in June to discuss the issue and hopefully come to a resolution.