Igor Filkov: EC report validates ZNAM's Justice Ministry work — 33 laws in two years

Igor Filkov, chair of the central board of the ZNAM movement and until June 2026 the Minister of Justice, said the European Commission's 2026 report validates the policy choices his team made at the Justice Ministry over the past two years.

Speaking after the publication of the report, Filkov argued that the work carried out by ZNAM in government produced measurable outcomes. "The European Commission's report for 2026 is a clear confirmation that the policies ZNAM implemented in the Ministry of Justice over the past two years were correct, and the reforms we initiated and carried out are producing concrete results," he said.

Legislative output and the path ahead

Filkov emphasized the scale of the legislative effort under his tenure. "In two years we prepared 33 laws and laid the foundations for a reform of the judiciary," he said, noting that much of that work was completed by June 2026, when he left the ministry.

He presented the figure of 33 drafted laws as evidence that the administration moved beyond planning and into execution, creating what he described as the institutional groundwork needed for longer-term changes in the courts and justice system.

Filkov also framed the European Commission's assessment as political validation for ZNAM's approach inside the Ministry of Justice and argued it should inform the next steps of implementation by current and future officials.

Observers say the report will now be read closely by both supporters and critics of the policies, and that the real test will be how the drafted laws are adopted and enforced in the months ahead.

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