EU delays Sofia and Bucharest decision

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Series Details 9.5.06
Publication Date 09/05/2006
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The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, is to delay by up to five months a decision on whether Bulgaria and Romania should join the European Union in 2007, in order to assess their efforts in fighting corruption and organised crime.
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BBC News, 9.5.06: EU 'to delay' Balkan bid decision http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4753651.stm
European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/201: Key findings of the May 2006 monitoring reports on Bulgaria and Romania, 16.5.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/201&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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