The July 23 agreement among Bulgarian political parties on reforms of the judicial system is a “first step”, according to French ambassador Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes, noted for his public criticism months ago of “rotten apples” in Bulgaria’s judiciary.
“This is a great success, almost a little surprising,” the French ambassador said that of the deal on constitutional changes reached among GERB, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the Reformist Bloc, Patriotic Front, Bulgarian Democratic Centre and ABC.
As a result of the deal, on July 24 Parliament dropped from its agenda the original version of the constitutional amendments, pending the tabling of new proposals arising from the previous day’s agreement.
The new version will include three main points on which the six parties and coalitions agreed, including dividing the Supreme Judicial C
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