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Iliana Ivanova, Daniel Lorer are the Bulgarian candidates for European Commissioner

| updated on 6/21/23 4:38 PM
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Iliana Ivanova, a member of the European Court of Auditors, is GERB's proposal for a Bulgarian European Commissioner to replace the resigned Bulgarian Commissioner and current Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel, announced the leader of GERB, Boyko Borissov. 

Iliana Ivanova is "a very familiar face in Brussels". "We Continue the Change" (PP) do not have a political family in the European Parliament, therefore it is appropriate that the European Commissioner is from GERB, from the winners of the elections, said Borissov. "The European Commission will decide, but I think that our candidate is better", emphasized the leader of GERB.
MP Daniel Laurer confirmed that he is a PP candidate for European Commissioner and said that he expects Bulgaria to receive in the European Commission Gabriel's current portfolio - European Commissioner responsible for innovation, scientific research, culture, education and youth.

A little later, EC deputy chief spokesperson Dana Spinant stated the Commission had not received notification from the Bulgarian authorities of the two nominations for European commissioner, and that EC President Ursula von der Leyen had sent a letter to the Bulgarian authorities asking for two names. Dana Spinant said she had only seen the two names on the news, and went on that the portfolio will be a matter of comment at a later stage. 




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