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MEP Elena Yoncheva: European leaders should feel politically compromised when standing next to Premier Borissov

MEP Elena Yoncheva
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Experts from reputable American audio forensic laboratory confirmed that the audio recording with the voice of Premier Boyko Borissov, distributed by the media on June 12, is authentic, Bulgaria’s MEP from the Group of Socialists and Democrats Elena Yoncheva told the Bulgarian National Radio. “The audio recording shows that there is no separation of powers in Bulgaria and that this country is ruled by an authoritarian man who orders over his phone which private company to be hit and which political opponent to be “burnt”, Elena Yoncheva commented further.  In her words, “the European leaders should feel politically compromised when standing next to Premier Borissov. They know who the Bulgarian Premier is and have enough information”, MEP Yoncheva assured.




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