Geoffrey van Orden: Bulgaria may not receive all the money from EU
Submitted by Borislava Ganeva on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 09:07.
The former EP registrar for Bulgaria Geoffrey van Orden thinks that it is quite possible our country not receive all the funds from the EU.
The reason is the lack of determination to combat, in his words, the endemic corruption in our country.
Rather than justifying themselves with misunderstanding and problems in communication, government must start hard working, the euro deputy advised. According to Jeffrey Van Orden, however, in no way the aim is to isolate Bulgaria in providing solutions in European Union.
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