Brussels threatens Bulgaria and Romania with entry delay

European enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn has said the commission will not hesitate to delay the scheduled accession of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007 by one year, if reform efforts in key areas such as corruption fail.

Mr Rehn made his comments on Tuesday (25 October) before the European Parliament, hours before the Commission's official presentation of two highly critical progress reports on Sofia's and Bucharest's preparations for EU accession.

Romania and Bulgaria signed thei...