As of September 15, the European Commission formally closes the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Bulgaria and Romania. The mechanism was set up for the two countries in 2006, before their accession to the EU, as they still had progress to..
European Commission concludes reports on Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism The European Commission announced that Romania has fulfilled the benchmarks set in the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. The Commission..
The group of the European People’s Party will not support the resolution on Bulgaria, Deputy-Chairman of the EPP group in the European Parliament Esteban Gonzales Pons said. According to EPP, some parliamentary groups have turned the document into a..
“The European Commission report is positive, objective and clearly outlines the results of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism ,” commented Daniela Daritkova, head of GERB’s parliamentary group. “It explicitly states that..
The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism is still in place for Bulgaria, said Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission at the presentation of the EU rule of law reports. “As you know, there were plans to lift it, but there is..
The monitoring on Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism will continue along with the new reports on the rule of law, "which would ruin the image of our country amid a quite mixed situation in the European Union", Bulgaria’s..
The European Commission will present the 2020 Annual Rule of Law Report in September. The new European Rule of Law Mechanism will be applicable across all members of the European Union and will replace the monitoring on separate EU countries such..
The Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis said in an exclusive interview with the Bulgarian National Radio that the regular report of the Commission for the so-called European Semester containing recommendations for Bulgaria has..
The European Commission adopted its latest report on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism about the actions undertaken by Bulgaria to fulfill its obligations in the judicial reform, the fights against corruption and organized crime. The EC..
The report of the European Commission on the progress in Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism corresponds with Bulgaria’s most generous to all social groups budget, Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov said. Premier Borissov pointed..