Progress In Fighting Organized Crime ... Barroso Criticizes Bulgaria's - Plovdiv
After a corruption scandal in Bulgaria's road agency, Brussels last month suspended EU subsidy payments for infrastructure, and demanded financial records before it will consider lifting the ban. Babies wantedAn ad campaign in Germany aims to boost the country's low birth rate. Barroso said a forthcoming commission report on these issues will be "fair and objective," but warned it was impossible to constantly repeat that "more has to be done." "Justice does not mean endless investigations and delayed trials," Barroso said. Barroso visited days after two top police officials were arrested and charged with abuse of power and revealing state secrets. He said that corruption and organized crime cannot be tolerated in the European Union and added that what really mattered was the attitude of the authorities. Some progress had been made on legal reforms but the EU expected more on fighting organized crime and corruption, Barroso said after meeting with Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. The European Commission has repeatedly pointed out Bulgaria's inability to root out rampant corruption, curb organized crime and put criminals behind bars.
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