Brussels, 08/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - Mission accomplished. On Wednesday 8 February 2012, the European Commission submitted to the budget authority its final report on the recruitment of Bulgarian and Romanian officials (the two member states joined the EU in 2007). The Commission has recruited 478 Bulgarians and 727 Romanians, exceeding its 23.3% recruitment target (228 new members of staff).
The Commission has pledged to recruit a total of 977 members of staff from the two countries as...