The European Commission will this week publish its annual reports on progress made by Romania and Bulgaria in fighting corruption and undertaking judicial reform.
The two countries - the most recent members of the bloc - are expected to once again be criticised for the slow progress they have made in tidying up these areas. The commission is also likely to recommend that its monitoring - unprecedented for member state countries - continues beyond 2009.
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