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EU accession research

Thu, Nov 08 2001 13:00 CET

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The macro-economic stability and the removal of visas for Bulgarians wishing to travel to the Schengen countries are very favourable to the country's accession to the EU, said Arnold Wemheurnen, director of the Sofia office of the Friedrich Ebert foundation. On Tuesday, Wemheurnen presented the Foundation's second study on the process of Bulgaria's accession to the EU. The research, which covers the July 2000 to July 2001 period, established that Bulgaria has moved forward in accession talks.

The study is based on research by eight Bulgarian experts in the field of European integration, economy, legislation, the judiciary, administration, infrastructure, as well as foreign and domestic policy.

Despite Bulgaria's progress in the accession talks, there exist serious problems in the sphere of poverty, corruption, crime, the judiciary and legislation, which hinder the country's integration into European structures, Wemheurnen noted.

The main data and recommendations of the research are published in Bulgarian. The English version is expected to come out by the end of the year.

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