Bulgarian MEPs challenge the report on North Macedonia

EU rapporteur Thomas Waitz is proposing wording in the report on North Macedonia that calls into question key principles of the European Parliament and creates dangerous precedents. The formulations undermine policies set out in the EU-North Macedonia negotiating framework. This position was expressed by Bulgarian MEPs Ivaylo Valchev (European Conservatives and Reformists) and Stanislav Stoyanov (Europe of Sovereign Nations) in comments sent to Waitz, BGNES reported.

They are supported by all Bulgarian MEPs in a special letter addressed to the rapporteur, shadow rapporteurs, foreign affairs coordinators of the political groups in the European Parliament, and group leaderships.

MEPs Valchev and Stoyanov stress that key issues and “red lines” set out in more than 100 amendments to the report submitted by Bulgarian representatives have again not been adequately reflected, and that the proposed compromise texts once again create dangerous precedents.

The two insist that their concerns and positions be properly reflected in the final compromise texts, which are due to be voted on in the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. The letter is also an appeal to all Bulgarian institutions to act within their competencies and defend Bulgaria’s national interest.

Edited by Ivo Ivanov

Translated by Kostadin Atanasov