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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/3e330d45f4524229 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-eppo-bulgaria/ The EPPO as a Domesticated Cat - A Perspective from Bulgaria Vassileva, Radosveta eng 2024-06-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bulgaria Bulgarien Corruption EPPO EU EU European Delegated Prosecutors Europäische-Staatsanwaltschaft-Gesetz Bulgarien EU Europäische-Staatsanwaltschaft-Gesetz Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has just celebrated the third anniversary of the start of its operations. “I am sure you will soon see [the EPPO] is anything but a ‘toothless tiger’”, said Laura Kövesi in an interview in 2021. Sadly, in Bulgaria, a country frequently shaken by scandals implicating abuses of EU funds and known for rampant corruption, the EPPO reminds of a domesticated rather than a fierce wild cat.