Although still subject to the cooperation and verification mechanism (CVM) imposed by the EU in 2007 to monitor progress in tackling corruption and still being held outside the Schengen area, Bulgaria will, for the next six months, be responsible for implementing legislation brought forward on the aforementioned Schengen area and the external borders, and also on the reform of the Dublin regulation on asylum seekers, a very complex issue.
European leaders have set themselves the goal of...