REUTERS SURVEY: 50% CHANCE FOR BG EU ENTRY IN 2007

Views on BG | November 24, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

Bulgaria’s chances to join the European Union in 2007 are set at 50% according to a survey conducted by Reuters Agency. All 38 of the respondents in the survey are economic and political experts. As main obstacles to Bulgaria’s entry into the EU they have pointed the lack of functioning market economy, corruption and slow reform of the legal system. According to the same survey Romania’s chances to join the EU are lower than Bulgaria’s – 40%. The respondents expect the other ten EU applicant states to complete the accession process till 2004.
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