EU European affairs ministers yesterday (13 September) decided to extend monitoring on Romania and Bulgaria, which was put in place to tackle their poorly functioning judicial systems and inability to curb corruption. France said the majority of countries are opposed to Bucharest and Sofia's accession to Schengen until the monitoring has been lifted.
The General Affairs Council pointed to significant "deficiencies" and "shortcomings" of law enforcement in Bulgaria and Romania, and decided that the mechanism of Cooperation and Verification (see 'Background') would stay in place.
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