Annoyance at Germany

According to a current report by the European Commission Bulgaria risks losing EU funding to the tune of several billion euros owing to the rampant corruption in the country. The daily To Ethnos criticises Germany's stance on the potential sanctions. "This German campaign against Bulgaria which it has launched through the EU Commission on the pretext of corruption is not very convincing. No doubt the allegations of corruption brought by the EU are true. ... The Germans were already aware of that when they decided for political reasons to integrate completely ill-equipped Bulgaria and Romania. ... Berlin deliberately changed the criteria for integration in the EU for the sake of its ambitious geopolitical goals. ... Why are the [Germans] making such a fuss now? Did they perhaps not win the construction contracts they wanted in Bulgaria?"

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