Tougher monitoring for Romania and Bulgaria

The European Commission is currently working on putting in place a new and tougher system of monitoring for Romania and Bulgaria, which could delay both countries accession to the EU.

Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, whose country along with Bulgaria is hoping to join the EU in 2007, was told of the plan during a visit last month to Brussels.

The EU already has monitoring mechanisms for accession countries, but this is the fi...