EU Official: Corruption in Bulgaria Clogs Other Balkan Countries' EU Accession

Politics » BULGARIA IN EU | June 16, 2007, Saturday // 00:00

Political instability and corruption in Bulgaria and Romania moves the Balkans away from the European Union, a European diplomat said on Saturday, as cited by the Macedonian Dnevnik newspaper.

Even Croatia fears the Union will postpone the country's pre-accession negotiations, he added.

The newspaper underlined that the European Commission is expected to issue a very objective progress report on Bulgaria and Romania on June 27.

Macedonia hopes that the harsh criticism of the report will force Bulgaria and Romania to step up the reforms, the diplomat, who demanded to stay unnamed, claimed.

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