Ex-EU Commissioner Still Hesitates on Bulgaria Presidential Bid

Former EU consumer affairs commissioner, Bulgarian Meglena Kuneva. Photo by BGNES

Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria's former EU Commissioner, said Tuesday she has not decided yet whether she will run for President in the upcoming elections in the fall of 2011.

"I am not responsible for being included in the polls," Kuneva, who used to be EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection, told dariknews.bg.

In to the most recent poll conducted by the Bulgarian National Center for Public Opinion Research, 31.7% of the surveyed citizens said they fancied Kuneva as President, which makes her the third most popular option after current Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with 44.7% and Interior head Tsvetan Tsvetanov with 32.7%.

There have been recent reports that the National Movement for Stability and Prosperity of ex PM and ex Tsar Simeon Saxe-Coburg wanted to nominate Kuneva for president, and that even the Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev insisted on supporting her bid – while outgoing President Georgi Parvanov, a former Socialist leader, urged for a leftist candidate.

On Monday, however, Kuneva told the Bulgarian National Radio that, should she decide to run for Presidency, her bid will be non-partisan.

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