Bulgaria's Ruling GERB Names New MEP

Bulgaria's former deputy Agriculture Minister Preslav Borisov. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB party has named its new Member of the European Parliament.

Preslav Borisov, a former deputy Agriculture Minister, will replace Iliana Ivanova, MEP from the EPP group, who was elected to join the European Court of Auditors.

Borisov will be a member of the European Parliament's delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the Delegation for relations with Israel, according to the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.