Who are you behaving like that with? This is not your neighborhood, this is not your 90s?!”.

At a meeting of the EPP group, I raised the issue of signing the so-called Charter of the “Council for Peace” (Trump’s personal international EOOD) from the Bulgarian Prime Minister.

I noted that this event is a significant risk for the EPP – because only two heads of government are signing from the entire EU – the well-known Viktor Orbán and the not-so-famous Rosen Zhelyazkov, who is usually, and generally correctly, described as a “pro-European prime minister from the EPP”. The group debate was in the context of the Greenland crisis and the unequal trade agreement between the EU and the US.

I emphasized that the attitude towards the racketeering policy of Donald Trump and the unified European response against it will be part of the election campaign in our country. And I warned them not to be surprised that I personally will strongly attack GERB and Borisov for this signature – from entirely principled positions and convictions.

Mr. Weber’s answer was interesting*:

“Regarding the situation with Bulgaria: in Zagreb, Boyko Borisov gave us an explanation that some special issues between the USA and Bulgaria necessitated this action, but the Charter will not be ratified.”

This is very different from the explanations that Boyko Borissov gave to our media. I personally understand with concern that there are special issues between Bulgaria and the USA. And I only suspect and hope that these issues are personal and not national. And I will be outraged if personal problems lead to national humiliations and risks.

*I emphasize that this is an exchange of remarks in front of hundreds of people (MPs and employees of the MPs, the group and the EP). I never publicly quote private conversations.

Radan Kanev