“For us the report that is relevant is that of the European Commission – it is critical and objective,” MEP Andrey Kovatchev said for the BNR, commenting on the European Parliament resolution on rule of law in Bulgaria.
He compared the resolution to a Christmas tree with “all sorts of things on it.” In his words the elements which coincide with the European Commission report are politically adorned with negative sentences.
“The EU’s control bodies are OLAF and the European Court of Auditors and in their latest reports they say that European funding irregularities in Bulgaria are under 1%,” Andrey Kovatchev said.
On February 15 and 16, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is holding its 51st Congress. Interim Chairman Atanas Zafirov is expected to present a report on the past period. The delegates are also expected to vote on amendments to the party's statute,..
Europe must become powerful again. This was stated by MEP Sandro Gozi from Renew Europe, former Italian Secretary of State for European Affairs in the special studio of BNR's Horizon National Channel from the European Parliament building in..
The economic and financial debate is key for the current European Parliament session . This is the opinion of Bulgarian MEP from the European People's Party Andrey Kovatchev, who is a member of the EP's Foreign Affairs Committee. "The topic does not..
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