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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9807

19 December 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/bulgaria
Sofia must fight corruption and organised crime if it wants to fully benefit from all EU advantages, says Barroso

Brussels, 18/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - Bulgaria must speed up its judiciary reforms and combat corruption and organised crime if its wants to fully benefit from the financial advantages that it would receive from EU membership, said José Manuel Barroso on Thursday after a meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanichev, in Brussels. “My message to all political forces in Bulgaria is the following: the reform process in these areas must be accelerated rather than slowed down”, the...

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