/ world right now information/ At present, August 14, 2020, the European Parliament launched an initiative for a listening to within the plenary corridor on the subject of the institutional disaster in Bulgaria. The process, known as an oral query to a consultant of the European Fee, was ready for almost two months by me and my colleague from the group of the European Folks’s Celebration, Radan Kanev, in addition to by our groups. We managed to gather 55 signatures of MEPs in help of the initiative, regardless of the right-wing boycott.
❗️ Bulgaria is at a essential second by which democracy is at stake. Restoring the rule of legislation is a standard trigger. At present, the battle shouldn’t be left in opposition to proper, however all collectively in opposition to authoritarian one-man rule.
The date on which the dialogue will happen within the plenary corridor of the European Parliament can be decided by the Council of Presidents.
This isn’t the one initiative I’m endeavor to have interaction the eye of the European establishments with the state of affairs in Bulgaria and provoke their response.
✅ On June 12, 2020, even earlier than the outbreak of protests within the nation, I submitted a written query to the European Fee to insist on a place of the European Commissioners relating to corruption in Bulgaria and the separation of powers. The response of the European establishment is predicted in September on the newest.
✅ I managed to gather the required signatures to set off debates within the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and House Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament on the rule of legislation in Bulgaria.
✅ I requested in a letter to the chairman of the LIBE committee, Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, that the debates happen firstly of September.
✅ In June, I held a bilateral assembly with the Vice-President of the European Fee accountable for “Values and Transparency” Vera Yourova, throughout which I knowledgeable her concerning the state of the rule of legislation and the liberty of the media.
✅ Inside the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, I additionally provoked discussions concerning the state of democracy in Bulgaria.
✅ I’m a keynote speaker on behalf of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats for Media Freedom. A decision is being ready on the subject, which incorporates the state of affairs in Bulgaria.
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