{"id":22259,"date":"2022-09-30T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/?p=22259"},"modified":"2024-10-14T02:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:59:17","slug":"podcast-ec-2022-rule-of-law-report-from-a-bulgarian-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/en\/post\/22259?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"[Podcast] EC 2022 Rule of Law Report from a Bulgarian perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 13 the European Commission published its third annual Rule of Law Report containing for the first time specific recommendations addressed to each Member State, intended to encourage countries to continue with planned reforms and identify the problems that must be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>What are the recommendations for Bulgaria? Will the EU rule of law conditionality mechanism bring good results in suspending rule of law violations? What is the role of CSOs in judicial reforms in Bulgaria?<\/p>\n<p>We discussed these topics with Julijana Nikolova, EPI\u2019s Council member and director of the Center for Policy Modernization Foundation. Mrs Nikolova is a former Secretary of the EU Funds Coordination Council (2009-2011), adviser to the Prime Minister on EU issues (2009-2012), Director of the European Institute Foundation (2002-2009), Director of the European Integration and Relations with International Financial Institutions Directorate at the Council of Ministers (2000-2001). She has served as a Secretary of the European Integration Council to the Prime-minister (2000-2001) and was a member of the Core Negotiation Team for Bulgaria\u2019s EU Accession (2000-2001). Mrs Nikolova was also a Deputy Minister of Industry (1999) and a member of the High-Level Group Reflecting on Future Cohesion policy (2009-2011). She was the Head of the Inter-Institutional Working Group for the preparation of the Bulgarian National Programme for Development \u201cBulgaria 2020\u201d, which has served as a background for the preparation of the Bulgarian Partnership Agreement.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1354284670&amp;color=%230032ff&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"1080\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"European Policy Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/epi-skopje\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Policy Institute<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"EC 2022 Rule of Law Report from a Bulgarian perspective\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/epi-skopje\/ec-2022-rule-of-law-report-from-a-bulgarian-perspective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EC 2022 Rule of Law Report from a Bulgarian perspective<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The podcast was recorded as part of the project \u201cBuilding bridges for a common future: Rule of law in view of EU accession\u201d implemented by the European Policy Institute, financed by the European Union. 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