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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190603-235634-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/this-is-how-bulgarian-judicial-independence-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper/ This is how Bulgarian Judicial Independence Ends…Not with a Bang but a Whimper - New Reforms Labelled as Implementation of EU Recommendations Endanger Judicial Independence in Bulgaria Stoychev, Simeon eng 2019-06-03 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Democratic Backsliding judicial independence Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Bulgaria notoriously ranks at the bottom of all judicial independence and corruption indexes in the EU, even lagging far behind Member States such as Hungary and Poland. Under the guise of implementing EU recommendations and the case-law of the European of Human Rights, a reform proposal by Bulgaria’s Ministry of Justice is about to threaten Bulgaria’s judicial independence even further.