Bulgarian and Romanian MEPs have opposed the cooperation and verification mechanism of the European Commission (CVM) deployed to monitor reforms in the sphere of justice and home affairs in the two countries for the past six years.
EC representatives, however, argued that the monitoring mechanism had to remain in place until the two countries had solved problems in the judiciary and in the spheres of combating corruption and organized crime, according to reports of dnevnik.bg.
The majority of MEPs who took part in the debate at the European Parliament late on Wednesday agreed that the CVM had done a good job but could not be left in place, given that there was no deadline for its functioning and the evaluation methodology of the EC was unclear.
Addressing Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy, Stefan Füle, the participants in the debate claimed that if the CVM was not terminated, the least that could be done was to set a deadline and clear-cut criteria for its implementation.
All four Bulgarian MEPs who took part in the debate, including Iliyana Yotova, Monika Panayotova, Maria Gabriel, and Andrey Kovachev, agreed with the claims, saying that the mechanism had had a positive impact but it had already been exhausted and no longer fulfilled the purpose for which it had been created.
The MEPs suggested that the CVM was mostly used for domestic purposes not so much for the development of the two most recent EU Member States.
They called on the EC to develop standards against corruption and problems in the judiciary for the entire EU because the weaknesses were observable in other places apart from Bulgaria and Romania.
Commissioner Füle, however, opposed the demand for a deadline for the CVM, stressing that nobody had called for a deadline for the implementation of the criteria.
He emphasized that the EC would keep the monitoring mechanism in place for the two countries until the final goal was achieved.
The EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy described the CVM as an important tool for achieving progress and supporting the efforts of Bulgaria and Romania to deliver sustainable results.
He underscored that problems in the judiciary and the fight against corruption mostly affected European citizens and this was the main reason why the EC would not quit the CVM mechanism.
Author: tess1488, 14 Mar 2013 16:19:27
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
As somebody who contributes towards your wages, I would prefer it if you concentrated on dealing with the criticisms directed towards Bulgaria, with regards to corruption within the judiciary and organized crime, rather than finding ways in which to wriggle your way out of your responsibilities.
Author: Sveto, 15 Mar 2013 01:41:30
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
tess1488, please stop singing one and the same song of the bureaucrats behind the chairs in Bruxelles. This time, although the MEPs are mostly commies, I have to agree with them. There is no positive effect of the Monitoring Mechanism at this stage. BG and RO will continue their reforms, slowly, yes real slow like it is to be expected given the great resistance (money wise) that has been presented by the criminal underground. There is no place in the EU and in the world for that matter, where governments have dealt successfully with corruption and crime in a FAST, or any other manner. So there is no real world criteria to judge about fast and slow reforms. The Bureaucrats in the EU won't be able to evaluate any progress by sitting behind the desks and eating the taxpayers money. It is all wishful thinking. But real examples there are NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. Corruption and crime (taken as just a denomination of the negative side of a society) flourish in every country on the planet and on a different levels determined by perception of the population, which is EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE evaluation and depends on several external factors.
Now what this "Monitoring" gives is a comfortable tool in the hands of the populist/nationalist/xenophobic parties to fool the voters and by invoking fear to steal their votes and gain momentum without offering better concepts than the rest of parties.
Author: tess1488, 15 Mar 2013 11:17:32
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
Unlike you Svetlo, I am not ready to adorn my slippers just yet. The fire of grey flame is not warming me anymore.
Author: Sveto, 15 Mar 2013 16:05:33
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
Is is yours the choice of believing in what you want and falling victim of biased media and politicians with a hidden agenda in mind.
Author: tess1488, 15 Mar 2013 17:03:14
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
I respect what you are saying, and in turn it is for you to draw your own conclusions. Yes I am influenced, however it is not from the sources you refer to. I take seriously comments made by eminent individuals outside Bulgaria. I also see and hear hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians, a proud people, echoing similar sentiments. The past month or so has suggested to many people that there does exist another way.I will keep repeating my concerns until I see the vicious circle in operation today fade away.
Author: DP, 15 Mar 2013 20:33:29
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
“Yes I am influenced, however it is not from the sources you refer to. I take seriously comments made by eminent individuals outside Bulgaria. I also see and hear hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians, a proud people, echoing similar sentiments. The past month or so has suggested to many people that there does exist another way.I will keep repeating my concerns until I see the vicious circle in operation today fade away.”
Go away, dear tess. And take with you all those new, concerned characters who appeared suddenly from the fog of opportunism. The “proud people” are not as gullible as you—whoever people you are—take them for. ...Your “sources” stink, me thinks...
Author: tess1488, 16 Mar 2013 12:34:32
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
It seems criticism and the wind of change are beginning to ruffle your feathers. Good. You really should try moving out of your very narrow frame of reference.
Author: DP, 16 Mar 2013 17:01:21
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
“It seems criticism and the wind of change are beginning to ruffle your feathers. Good. You really should try moving out of your very narrow frame of reference.”
tess, next time you try to get into a dialogue with anyone on this forum show some rudimentary respect for forms of communication by addressing the other party by her/his nick. Otherwise all this display of smart ass confidence is a waste of more than time – you should know what I mean ;-).
As far as the “wind[s] of change” go, I’ve seen so much of that in my life, and my “feathers” have been ruffled so many times that this vaudeville you are pushing from your implied “wide frame of reference” is more of a whiff of pollution rather than invigorating freshness...
Just go away, dear, and find some other place to practice your trade....
Author: tess1488, 16 Mar 2013 22:39:40
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
Curiously, you do not move me in the slightest. With regards to etiquette, well I do not think you are worth it. Please accept the fact that I will say, what I want to say, when I want to say it, kapisch. Look, lets not argue. Read your mein kamph, have an early night , and forget all about me, chow.
Author: DP, 17 Mar 2013 02:09:11
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
“Curiously, you do not move me in the slightest. With regards to etiquette, well I do not think you are worth it. Please accept the fact that I will say, what I want to say, when I want to say it, kapisch. Look, lets not argue. Read your mein kamph, have an early night , and forget all about me, chow.”
tess, dear, it looks like no one is worth it to you as far as etiquette goes: just look at yourpast posts ...
Next time you decide to show off as a connoisseur of books or popular foreign language jargon pay more attention to the proper spelling:
it is “ mein kampf” not ‘ mein kamph”
it is “kapish” or “capisce”, as formally spelled, not “kapisch”
and it is “chao” not “chow”.
There is a link to images of cute chow puppies for your further enlightenment
http://www.google.ca/search?q=Chow&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enCA259CA259&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kAVFUZF3gdbZBYyZgIgJ&ved=0CGAQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=510
Author: tess1488, 17 Mar 2013 09:13:12
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
Do you get off on trading insults or something, because I do, and you are fast becoming my newest play-thing. Anyway, thanks for the link. I loved the middle one with the phallic symbol on its head-is that you?
Author: sa-sha, 17 Mar 2013 13:05:42
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
Sorry to interfere, but Your question, Tess- "...with the phallic symbol on its head-is that you?"-does fully prove that "il est encore plus facile de juger de l'esprit d'un homme par ses questions..." /~"Judge a man [a person] by his questions..."/.
Author: DP, 17 Mar 2013 16:47:49
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
“Do you get off on trading insults or something, because I do, and you are fast becoming my newest play-thing. Anyway, thanks for the link. I loved the middle one with the phallic symbol on its head-is that you?”
tess,dear, I do not trade insults with little perverts and cowards hiding in anonymity. I am done with you, little idiot...
P.S. You should have shown your gutter mentality a couple of posts earlier so I wouldn’t have wasted my time “debating” with imported red garbage... Phew...
Author: tess1488, 17 Mar 2013 20:39:06
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
Please forgive me.
Author: DP, 17 Mar 2013 20:46:08
Bulgarian, Romanian MEPs: EC Monitoring Mechanism Is Inefficient
Forgiven
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