Bulgaria PM: There Are 'Sweeter' EC Portfolios

Bulgaria in EU | November 28, 2009, Saturday // 14:03|  views

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, thinks the country got an important EU Commissioner portfolio, but there are many "sweeter" ones. Photo by DarikNews

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, stated Saturday that the portfolio of the new Bulgarian EU Commissioner is a good one and important in the area of international policies.

Borisov spoke in response to accusations coming from the Bulgarian socialists and their leader and former PM, Sergey Stanishev, that Bulgaria had been given the second-rate EC portfolio of Commissioner on International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.

According to Borisov, the portfolio is an important activity with very serious responsibilities and becomes crucial in time of disasters and emergencies.

“To respond to Stanishev, who left me with a country ranking first in the EU by its corruption does not even make sense and I apologize that I have to offer such primitive explanations over the level of his questions,” Borisov is quoted as saying during the official ceremony to inaugurate Bulgaria’s newest road Banya – Trakiya highway.

The PM jokingly pointed out that if the portfolio was a bad one, the leader of the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, (DPS), Ahmed Dogan, would not have given the controversial and now dismantled Bulgarian Ministry of Disasters and Emergency Situations to one of his closest associates – Emel Etem.

“Yes, there are much sweeter portfolios at the EC. But this is what they decided; this is what they gave us. I think they had in mind Jeleva is a Foreign Minister and her diplomatic ties and connections would be very helpful,” Borisov said.

The PM further informed, the Foreign Minister to replace Jeleva would be named after she officially takes office as EU Commissioner.

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Tags: Sergey Stansishev, Ivailo Kalfin, Jose Manuel Barroso, Rumiana Jeleva, Foreign Minister, EU Commissioner, European Commission, Bulgarian S&D MEPs

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