Bulgarians don't want to change

The demands expressed in the EU progress report on Bulgaria are entirely justified, writes the Bulgarian daily Standart, even if the country will not be able to fulfil Brussels' wishes: "It is demanding more competent jurisdiction concerning corruption in the upper echelons of power. That means courts should hand down stricter punishments for corrupt politicians, rather than just washing their hands and polishing their image. It is calling for a body that will discover and prevent conflicts of interest. ... It is calling for an end to corruption in public tenders and sparing use of EU funds. They are not asking for anything unusual other than a state based on logic and the public interest. ... What is written between the lines is: those who are immune to criticism are running roughshod over the reasons behind Bulgaria's EU accession. We however do not have the courage to name them, let alone put them on trial. And to top it all off, we're lazy. We make a big thing of our will for reform but the results are exceptionally slow in coming. Because we don't want to change. We just pretend we do."

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