Bulgaria and Romania’s Accession to the EU: Postponement, Safeguards and the Rule of Law. CEPS Policy Briefs No. 102, 15 May 2006

Abstract

The accession stories of Bulgaria and Romania are an excellent illustration of the EU being caught unawares when making important (legal and political) commitments to two future members while taking in good faith the commitments pledged by the same members-to-be