nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220429-182318-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220429s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220429-182318-0 doi eng 342 23 Vassileva, Radosveta Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-7118-3949 Bulgaria’s Failed Specialized Criminal Justice Experiment Vassileva, Radosveta Verfassungsblog 2022-04-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 14 April 2022 Bulgaria’s Parliament adopted legislative amendments, which finally put an end to the Specialized Criminal Court and its mirroring Specialized Prosecutor’s Office. Both institutions were set up during Boyko Borissov’s first term as Prime Minister in 2011 and severely undermined the rule of law in Bulgaria. The creation and development of these structures was encouraged and marked as progress by the European Commission, which calls into question the Commission’s ability to objectively monitor the rule of law in its Member States, to recognize threats, and to give adequate recommendations. CC BY-SA 4.0 Borissov Bulgaria Cooperation and Verification Mechanism European Commission Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/bulgarias-failed-specialized-criminal-justice-experiment/ raw object