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Three MEPs, of whom only Djambazki is Bulgarian, tabled 49 amendments to the resolution on Bulgaria
The “poisonous trio” threatened to sue Mezzola and she immediately withdrew one of the changes, according to which the tycoon pays for the protest
meTwo thirds of the 705 MEPs tabled proposals for amendments to the draft resolution on the rule of law in Bulgaria. The first 9 of the proposed changes were introduced by IMRO / EQR Bulgarian MEP Angel Djambazki. Ramona Strugariou from Romania from Renew Europe proposes 4 amendments and Roberta from Malta
EPP Mezzola –
surprising
36 changes
on behalf of the parliamentary group.
Amendments to the text were expected to be voted on Wednesday night and the final document on Thursday. During the debate on Bulgaria on 5 October, the chairman of the EPP group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, fervently defended the Boyko Borissov government.
The first to make changes was Angel Djambazki. The representative of the European Conservatives and Reformists (EQF) is also the only Bulgarian MEP who has personally addressed the amendments on behalf of his political group in Brussels. The European People’s Party (EPP) and Renew Europe launched their changes through foreigners Mezzola and Strugariu.
The Socialist and Democratic groups did not consider it necessary to add or subtract anything from the resolution.
Most of Djambazki and Mezzola’s corrections aim to soften the critical passages in it. The Romanian ones do not address the specific content of the text, but add that the EC report on the observance of the rule of law in Bulgaria should be taken into account.
However, he asked the Bulgarian authorities to investigate the revelations in FinCEN’s files, which showed that 3 Bulgarian banks were involved in processing payments that were deemed to be at high risk of money laundering and related to the financing of organized crime and The terrorism.
Offer of 9 Jambazki amendments
remove
complete sentences
and paragraphs
According to the MEP, the fact that the Bulgarian Electoral Code hinders linguistic diversity and suffrage for citizens living abroad should be removed. He insists that texts bemoaning the discrepancy between the Istanbul Convention and the Bulgarian Constitution be removed. Djambazki also wants to delete the paragraph on hate speech against Roma, women, LGBTI people and other minority groups. According to the deputy director of IMRO, there is no need to express solidarity with the people of Bulgaria in their legal demands and aspirations for justice, transparency, accountability and democracy. Djambazki eliminated criticism of the hasty adoption of a new electoral law a few months before the elections. Furthermore, the EP did not need to ask that EU money be linked to the rule of law in the Member States as soon as possible.
Of the three, only Roberta Mezzola offers a detailed version of the text with 36 amendments. She insists on the document
to be added
cases with
presidential
councilors accused
in influence peddling and incitement to commit official crimes.
“The president, who has a constitutional obligation to be politically neutral, has taken a direct line of opposition to the government, demanded his resignation and used the protests as a platform for his position,” said another Mezzola daily. She wants
To be welcome
the decision of
government
expel diplomats,
who allegedly carried out military espionage and collected classified information to transmit it to a third party.
Strong reactions from Bulgarians on Facebook were sparked by Mezola’s proposed amendment 28, according to which a famous casino, tourism and construction mogul with 18 indictments financed the ongoing protests, apparently referring to businessman Vasil Bozhkov. The “poisonous trio” threatened to sue the Maltese.
“We are glad that in 1 hour Roberta Mezzola from the EPP made an easy choice between the courtroom where we would send her and her deputy at the top of GERB. (…) Obviously, the judicial system in the EU works better than the Bulgarian and the gloomy outlook has made Matsola reconsider his words and withdraw his proposal, ”the organizers of the protest announced on the social network.
The resolution is expected to be supported by the majority of Socialists, Liberals, the far left and Greens, and voted against by the majority of the EPP, Conservatives and Reformists.
The leader of the BSP, Cornelia Ninova, asked her MEPs not to support the part of the Istanbul Convention. “I will vote against the resolution on Bulgaria,” PPE Secretary General Antonio López wrote on Twitter.
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