EC says did not pressure Bulgaria to sack Petkov - by Alex Bivol
The European Commission did not put any pressure on Bulgaria's Cabinet to sack Interior Minister Roumen Petkov, Commission spokesperson Mark Gray said on April 14, as quoted by Bulgarian National Radio. The issue was a domestic matter, decided by Bulgarian authorities alone, Gray said. Asked whether Bulgaria has enough time to meet the EC's requirements before the next interim report on progress with judiciary reform and the fight against corruption and organised crime is published, Gray said it was up to the Bulgarian Cabinet to make the effort to speed up reforms. The report is due in July. European Union experts will travel to Bulgaria and Romania, both of whom have safeguard clauses written into their EU accession treaties, to assess the progress in April and May. The two countries joined the EU together in January 2007.
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