1:0 for the Bulgarian police

The EU Commission presents its progress report on justice and internal security in Bulgaria today, Tuesday. The daily Trud criticises the overall situation but is happy for the Interior Minister: "Zvetan Zvetanov is leading 1:0 against the judges. According to the report, the government is fighting crime and corruption but the judicial system is hampering its efforts. But that's not 1:0 for Bulgaria. There are few EU states that would allow Brussels to nanny their judiciaries in such a way, and even be told that without outside help they wouldn't get anywhere. … In the past year [commissioner candidate] Rumiana Jeleva (you may remember her) lobbied ahead of the Belgian EU Council presidency for the dismantling of the EU mechanism for monitoring Bulgaria's judiciary and internal security. Jeleva is no longer in politics, but the mechanism is still in place. And it looks like it will remain there for some time to come."

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