PM Borissov Presents Bulgarian EU Presidency Priorities to European Parliament
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov presented the priorities of the Bulgarian EU Council Presidency to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Among the priorities he presented were a secure and stable Europe, the Western Balkans, and digital skills.
"Within a year Bulgaria managed to make it so that there be zero migration pressure. On the Bulgarian-Turkish border we have showed how through the European solidarity and assistance, and with the efforts of the State and the agreement with Turkey we limit to a minimum the migration pressure," Borissov told the MEPs. He went on to say that despite the need to uphold firmly the rule of law and media freedom, the EU-Turkey agreement should continue to be applied because Turkey cares for millions of migrants. The Bulgarian EU Presidency will try with a lot of tact and diplomacy to solve the issue with the migrants' future allocation, he added.