Press Release: Bulgaria: Stepping up reforms needed to reach rule of law objectives

The Commission has adopted a report on progress made by under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM). The report covers a period of five years since Bulgaria's accession to the EU in 2007 and presents the Commission's assessment of progress achieved in Bulgaria during this period in the area of judicial reform, the fight against corruption and the fight against organised crime. Its main conclusion is that deeper implementation of reforms is needed in order for the process to become irreversible.

European Commission: Memo/12/568: Report on Progress under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism in Bulgaria http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/568&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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