By Nicholas Newman Editor Oxfordprospect.co.uk
18 August 2006
Could Bulgaria fail to win entry at the final post in its race to join the European Union (EU) on 1st January 2007? Bulgaria is waiting with trepidation, a favourable report from the EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn in September and unanimous approval from all member states at an EU Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in 16th October at Lahti in Finland.
Despite the EU expressing optimism shown by EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini that Bulgaria is ‘on the right track’ even the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivaylio Kalfin admits that ‘there is still work to be done.’ What could delay Sofia’s entry are Bulgaria’s institutional failures to crack down on to key political policy areas – justice and home affairs. In a desperate attempt to ensure a favourable report from EU Commissioner Rehn the Bulgarian MPs ‘…have given up their traditional long summer break, sunning on the beaches to pass the major changes in the constitution to ensure the necessary reforms are in place,’ says National Assembly Chairman Georgi Pirinski and PM Sergei Stanishev has stated that already Bulgaria ‘has completed 70% of the planned legislation needed to meet the targets set in the accession treaty.’To read more http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Bulgaria Europe's Failed State.htm
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