/ world today news/ The visit of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is the visit of the head of state of a partner country. It is more important what will be the content of his meetings with Bulgarian politicians. This was said by the head of the Delegation of the Bulgarian Socialists in the EP, Petar Vitanov, in the “Facts” studio.
“Probably, President Zelensky’s visit is related to the additional aid commitments from Bulgaria to Ukraine. Obviously, it is not about shells and ammunition, because Bulgaria has been helping from day one. Maybe they will talk about the reactors that we have offered to sell to Ukraine. I don’t want to believe that it could be about another type of equipment, such as our air defense systems,” commented Petar Vitanov.
“As MEPs, we work on the issue of Ukraine not with spells, but with concrete measures. On the agenda in Brussels were the topics of transport corridors, issues related to infrastructure restoration,” he added.
“The decision for the reactors in Belene will be a mistake, because in the last year a consensus was reached in Bulgaria on the development of nuclear energy. We have already paid for the equipment and it is right to implement it at our nuclear site,” said the MEP.
“The arguments that we will need the Russian engineers, fuel and everything else, if they are valid for Bulgaria, they should be completely valid for Ukraine as well,” he added.
Petar Vitanov also commented on Ukraine’s NATO membership declaration.
“The declaration itself essentially has no added value. It is being done before the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius. At this meeting, an opportunity will be sought to give perspective to Ukraine. But here I ask myself a question – if it is said that the membership of Ukraine in NATO will be after the end of the war, will this not give a key in the hands of Russia to freeze the resolution of this conflict?
Vitanov also commented on the EC’s report on the judicial system. It notes the progress, which, according to the MEP, is the work of the official cabinet, and the laws adopted by the last National Assembly, concerning the control over the chief prosecutor. A number of political figures were involved in this process, among them the service ministers Yanaki Stoilov and Krum Zarkov, as well as Nadezhda Yordanov.
“The clear politicization of the SJC remains a problem for the Commission, because it was clearly seen that the people inside do not make an independent decision. But the fate of this political quota in the SJC is in the hands of the deputies. We have seen how the opinion of members in the SJC changes within minutes. These dependencies were most evident when the Attorney General changed. Political representation must overcome these deficits and dependencies. When this happens, we can say that we have progressed even further with this judicial reform, which has been chewing gum in the mouths of politicians for the last 10 years,” commented Petar Vitanov.
BSP is currently one of the few opposition parties and its voice should be heard loudly, the socialist also believes.
“I share the opinion of my colleagues regarding the budget, that there is a need for more social policy. Profits in the last year of companies are twice as high as in pre-Covid 2019, and the growth of people’s income is minimal. However, I do not like the anti-European speaking of our group,” said Vitanov.
Petar Vitanov expects a decision on Schengen as early as October. It is possible that it will drop first for our air and water borders, and then for land ones.
“This will be a collective success, because we socialists made a huge effort to convince Sweden not to stumble,” added the MEP.
According to Petar Vitanov, the suspension of the referendum on the euro may be according to the law, but it is a political mistake that can strengthen the positions of nationalists and xenophobes.
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