Bulgaria is facing a serious threat of lagging further behind Romania after a "very critical" report from the EU Commission this month, a co-leader of the junior coalition partner Reformist Bloc believes.
Radan Kanev, who co-heads the RB, belives the situation in Bulgaria's judiciary could result in quite a "negative" report under the EU Commission's Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM).
In Kanev's words, Romania has marked "huge" success in fighting corruption, while Bulgaria is either lacking anti-corruption policies or is displaying the reverse trend, Novinite.com reports.
"Even if this risk does not come true, we have to come to terms with the fact this will be out of pity, a gesture to the new government of Bulgaria. If we are not formally decoupled, this should not be perceived as a big victory, because victory is whether or not you have beat corruption."