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President Rumen Radev on the sanctions against Hungary: To shut someone up is not a European principle

Rumen Radev
Photo: BGNES

“To exclude and shut someone up are not European principles, they work against the European Union,” Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told journalists in a comment on the launch of the sanctions procedure against Hungary which may deprive it of its vote in the EU. He added that this is a complex and multi-vector question, and that Hungary’s policy should be viewed in all of its complexity.

On Wednesday the Bulgarian government adopted a decision to draft a position against the sanctions that may be imposed on Hungary. 



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