Over a year before the EU is set to take on Bulgaria and Romania, 53 observers from the two countries are joining the European Parliament on Monday (26 September).
The observers will follow plenary sessions and committee or political group meetings, but they will have no voting rights.
MEPs postponed their arrival to the parliament in late April, due to concerns about the readiness of Romania and Bulgaria to join the EU as scheduled.
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