Brussels, 26/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission announced on Thursday 26 September that, following changes to Bulgarian law, it had closed the infringement procedure against Bulgaria for applying additional requirements to non-Bulgarian EU citizens wishing to vote or stand as a candidate in local or European elections.
These included, for example, having to provide the number and date of residence certificates. Since 2010, the Commission has identified similar obstacles to EU...