month deadlock between rival parties and the reform process ground to a halt. EU diplomats, calling for "actions not words," have expressed concern, particularly on judiciary issues, that Sofia is not focused enough on concrete results. Bulgaria's chief prosecutor promised on Monday to raise charges against key organised crime figures by next week. But officials have failed to jail any top state official for graft or convict any of the criminal kingpins blamed for a string of bloody gangland hits that have killed 150 people since 2001. Kalfin said the new laws had profoundly changed the way Bulgaria's legal system worked. "These laws change the whole setting of the judicial system and I'm sure they are going to bring results," he said. "They cannot be undone." He added it was vital for EU states pick an enlargement date at their June summit rather than delay a decision until a later December meeting, as suggested by some EU diplomats, to prevent a backlash among reform-weary Bulgarians. "If it is left for the end of this year, we'll have much less media and public support for everything that has to be done," he said. That's why I would like to have this issue closed in June.
