Bulgaria Joins European Public Law Organization

The Bulgarian government has approved Bulgaria's accession into the European Public Law Organization.

Founded in Athens in 2007 and having 16 members as of the moment, the organization says it is decicated to "the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the area of Public Law... and Governance, including buyt not limited to, inter alia, national, comparative and European public law, human rights law and environmental law and the promotion of European values and democratic institutions."

The country "hopes to gain expertise in the field of law and expert assistance with regard of the forthcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union," the cabinet has said in a statement.

Joining the organization involves no financial commitment.

Bulgaria will assume the rotating Council of the EU Presidency for a six-month period on January 01, 2018.

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