The Bulgarian connection in von der Leyen’s team
By Georgi Gotev On 8 July Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that back in Brussels, the city where she was born, she met her “wonderful – and very European – transition team for the first…
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Bulgarian socialists to vote against Von der Leyen
By Georgi Gotev reporting from Strasbourg At least four of the five Bulgarian MEPs from the S&D group will vote on Tuesday (16 July) against Ursula von der Leyen to become Commission President, as proposed…
Bulgarian MEP from EPP: Don’t take the vote for Ursula von der Leyen for granted
By Krassen Nikolov Part of the EPP group has serious doubts about Ursula von der Leyen’s nomination for President of the European Commission and may not support it, the Bulgarian MEP Radan Kanev told this…
Bulgarian socialists go ballistic over unholy Stanishev-Borissov friendship
By Krassen Nikolov The Bulgarian Socialist Party reacted sharply to the warm words expressed by PES leader Sergei Stanishev after his nomination for President of the new European Parliament. Although it was Italy’s Socialist David…
How Bulgaria succeeded to miss two EU top jobs
By Georgi Gotev Bulgaria may be a small country and the poorest in the EU, but two Bulgarian names have been widely mentioned as candidates for EU top jobs at the marathon summit that ended…
Mariya Gabriel gives up her MEP seat, ‘takes the risk’ of staying as commissioner
By Krassen Nikolov The incumbent European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel led the European election list of GERB, the EPP-affiliated party of Boyko Borissov, and was elected as an MEP. But on…
Top jobs: Borissov ‘holds his horses’ at EU summit
By Georgi Gotev This is a doorstep fresh from the EU summit where the future top jobs are discussed, in which I asked most of the questions: I asked Borissov who will be the next…
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