After European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last week assured Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that the new Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report would be “very positive”, the European Commission ultimately delivered a somewhat more qualified report on Wednesday 15 November.
While noting progress in some areas on judicial reform and tackling corruption, the Commission says that more remains to be done. A further CVM report will be published, then, at the...