Romania and Bulgaria lagging behind on reforms

EUObserver and other sources reported on the European Commission's 10th Interim Reports on Progress under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism issued in February 2012 that Romania and Bulgaria still needed to do more to tackle corruption and organised crime, in a message familiar since the two countries joined the EU in 2007.

România libera, 9.2.12: Bucharest and Sofia must try harder, again (CMV) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1493921-bucharest-and-sofia-must-try-harder-again

EurActiv, 9.2.12: EU calls on Bulgaria, Romania civil societies http://www.euractiv.com/central-europe/eu-calls-bulgaria-romania-civil-news-510683

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/12/72: Interim Report on Progress under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism in Bulgaria http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/72&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/12/71: Interim Report on Progress under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism in Romania http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/71&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Corruption in Bulgaria and Romania still goes unpunished, EU says http://www.europeansources.info/record/corruption-in-bulgaria-and-romania-still-goes-unpunished-eu-says/

European Commission: Secretariat General: Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification for Bulgaria and Romania: Assessing ongoing progress by Bulgaria and Roma http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/cvm/index_en.htm

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