EU Urges Romania, Bulgaria to Strengthen Fight Against Graft
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Bulgaria and Romania need to do more to strengthen their legal systems and fight high-level corruption and organized crime, the European Union said in a report on the European Union’s poorest states.
Romania “has made progress in many areas” and “long-awaited” legislative changes have remained on track, though “concerns about judicial independence remain,” European Commission spokesman Mark Gray told reporters in Brussels today. Bulgaria’s judicial reform progress has not “been sufficient and remains fragile,” he said.