Monitoring won't help EU newcomers

The EU Commission's interim report on justice and the fight against crime was published on Friday, and states that there has hardly been any progress in these areas in Bulgaria and Romania. The daily Sega doubts the purpose of the monitoring and fears for the future of the two EU newcomers: "The poor results of Bulgaria and Romania in EU monitoring already serve as a pretext for an increasingly harsh policy. Nationalistic forces in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and other states are increasingly attempting to push these countries to the sidelines of the Community. ... Consequently the soap opera over the two sinners does not look like it will have a happy ending. On the contrary: the plot is dragging on and straining the nerves of the producers. ... Bulgaria and Romania shouldn't get upset if the EU show goes on without them in another format. Because today they must forgo accession to the Eurozone and the Schengen Area, and tomorrow perhaps in other areas of close cooperation. Until finally one day they will wake up to see that they must apply all over again to a very different-looking EU."

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