“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.
"The approach currently being proposed creates preconditions for redirecting funds from one program to another, which is dangerous for some of the key social policies, such as the cohesion policy, " said Tsvetelina Penkova, MEP from the Progressive..
“In the European Parliament, the word ‘compromise’ does not necessarily carry a negative meaning. Compromise refers to finding common ground in a highly fragmented environment. There's a difference in the culture, the rhetoric of communication. In the..
Romania prepares to take loan to finance increased defence spending Despite the uncertain outcome of the upcoming presidential elections in Romania on May 4 and 18, interim head of state Ilie Bolojan announced an..
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