När det gäller korruptionen och kampen mot den måste man erkänna att framsteg har gjorts när det gäller att bekämpa den småskaliga korruptionen. ###>For that reason, I want to start by saying that, while my group supports Bulgaria as it moves towards becoming a Member State of the European Union, we do expect the necessary reforms to be carried out with more discipline and purposefulness than they were last year.