http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200212-162830-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/kolevi-bulgarias-10-year-cat-and-mouse-game-with-the-council-of-europe-and-the-venice-commission/ Kolevi: Bulgaria’s 10-Year Cat-and-Mouse Game with the Council of Europe and the Venice Commission Vassileva, Radosveta eng 2020-02-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 European Commission European Court of Human Rights Rule of Law Venice Commission Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 A cat-and-mouse game perfectly describes Bulgaria’s stubborn refusal to comply with Kolevi v Bulgaria, which requires a reform of Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office, and it has been going on for a decade. The latest trick pulled out of the bag is quite original – Bulgaria’s government essentially asked Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court to clarify if some of the concerns raised by the Venice Commission were reasonable, and this court deemed the question admissible.