The Monitoring Group on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (DRFMG) at the European Parliament is to discuss the situation in Bulgaria at today's meeting. Representatives of the government and the Prosecutor's Office of Bulgaria,..
The European Parliament is expected to adopt the final text of the resolution on Bulgaria today. Before that, the debate on a total of 49 amendments to the text will continue, most of which soften criticism in the document. MEP from the European..
At 8 pm Bulgarian time, MEPs are discussing a resolution on Bulgaria that is to be voted on October 8. Only speakers pre-selected by parliamentary groups are to talk. Positions remain polarized between defenders of the resolution, which was..
With 35 votes in favor, 30 against and 1 abstention the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs has adopted a draft resolution on Bulgaria. It calls on the European Commission to continue monitoring..
In the beginning of October, the European Parliament will hold a debate in plenary on the rule of law in Bulgaria , MEP Elena Yoncheva told BTV. In her words, such debates are held for countries that are in a critical situation . “The European..
The EU has taken economic measures to tackle the effects of the pandemic. Using reserves of the European budget, for example, funds have been allocated and Bulgaria has received about 2.7 billion levs (1.4 billion euros) for emergency spending -..
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas held a closed-door meeting at the Council of Ministers. They discussed the development of the Western Balkans. “It is a..
With a decree Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has scheduled the election for Bulgarian members of the European parliament to take place on May 26. In other EU Member States EP elections will take place in the period May 23 - May 26. Bulgaria will elect..
A study of the Trend Research Center in January shows that in the next European Parliament Bulgaria will be represented by three parties. These are GERB /18.3%/, BSP /17.1%/ and DPS /6.9%/. The difference between the first two parties remains..
Contrary to the requests of protesters from Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Lithuania, the European Parliament's transport committee voted in favour of a measure part of the new Mobility Package for vehicles to return to the country of origin within 4..
