16/11/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 16 November, the European Commission brought proceedings against Bulgaria before the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to transpose the 2012 directive on victims’ rights into its national legislation(see EUROPE B10704A15). The deadline for transposition was 16 November 2015. Following a letter of formal notice in January 2016 and a reasoned opinion in March 2019, the Commission found that two key provisions of the directive had...