What Petar spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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Future of EU support for Russian democratic forces, anti-war actors and repressed civil society (debate)

Mr. Chairman, the dream of the collective West has always been to see Maidan in Moscow. For decades, the West has been training and funding many people and organizations in Russia, hoping that they will become its fifth column and destroy their country on their own. But despite the billions of dollars and euros given for this purpose, the majority of Russian citizens rejected the Danaean gift to W…

7

Jul

2026

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2025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, the chief executives in Kiev bear the main responsibility for Ukraine's failure to meet any of the basic criteria for entry into the European Union. Vladimir Zelensky's closest friends and associates are accused of creating corruption schemes to embezzle huge sums of money. Can you imagine what these people or the like will do with European funds if their country enters the European …

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Jun

2026

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Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate)

16

Jun

2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

19

May

2026

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Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - EU’s strategy to address the current crises in the Middle East

Mrs Kallas, there are countries in the European Union that say yes even before they have heard what Washington is asking them. This fact was confirmed by Marco Rubio, who unfortunately also mentioned my country Bulgaria among these countries. Again, I regret to add that there are other governments subordinated to Washington in Europe, and the leadership of the European Union also does not show tha…

19

May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

I do not know which people you listen to, but I listen to Bulgarian citizens because I am chosen by Bulgarian citizens. And Bulgarian citizens tell me that Bulgaria should be on an equal footing within the European Union, and at the moment one of the few guarantees that we are on an equal footing with all other countries is the principle of unanimity. If this principle is abolished, then the big c…

19

May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

Mr President, in recent decades, the European Union has become an increasingly centralised and authoritarian structure. The principle of unanimity in the most important decision-making in the Union is one of the few remaining democratic mechanisms. This principle ensures that less powerful countries like Bulgaria will be on an equal footing with much stronger countries like Germany. Recently, howe…

29

Apr

2026

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Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate)

29

Apr

2026

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Topical debate requested by a political group (PfE) (Rule 169) - Commission interference in democratic process and elections (topical debate)

28

Apr

2026

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World Day for Safety and Health at Work (debate)

Statistics show that over 20% of Bulgarians live in poverty. It also shows that the average salary in Bulgaria is the lowest in the whole European Union. You understand that in this situation, working people cannot think about healthy working conditions. Many compatriots, living both in Bulgaria and abroad, are simply trying to find a job. And very often one job is not enough at all. In order to p…

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Mar

2026

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Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine

Mr. President, a little history lesson. For centuries, civilized European countries colonized Africa, mercilessly exploited the local population, and sold millions of people into slavery. The official end of colonialism did not bring the much-promised freedom and prosperity at all. In theory, African countries are free, but in reality they are robbed by the same people who were once conq…

11

Mar

2026

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EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

Madam President, it is fashionable today to lament the ‘rules-based international order’. Until recently, he ruled the world, but he was no longer there, mourners lament. In fact, such an order never existed. After the end of the Cold War, there was no ‘rule-based order’, and the world was doing what the only remaining hegemon, the United States, wanted. Using beautiful phrases…

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Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

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Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Situation in Venezuela following the extraction of Maduro and the need to ensure a peaceful democratic transition (debate)

Madam President, the United States has committed unprovoked aggression against Venezuela and abducted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. The leaders of the European Union, who in other similar cases are filled with anger and call for hell and nuclear sanctions to fall immediately on the aggressors, this time limited themselves to toothless declarations and trembling like rabbits, waited for wh…

20

Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

on behalf of the ALDE Group. - Mr President, a failed attempt at a "colour revolution" has been made in Iran. And this technology is well known. Some public discontent, such as that in Iran because of the deteriorating economic situation, is being used to remove an inconvenient regime for the West. Over the past quarter century, this has been done in Serbia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan. T…

26

Nov

2025

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EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

26

Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

26

Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

22

Oct

2025

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The need for a united support to Ukraine and for a just and durable peace concluded on Ukraine's terms, with Europeans and without surrendering to Vladimir Putin's conditions ahead of the foreseen Budapest summit (debate)

Mr President, for nearly four years, the leaders of the European Union have been doing everything they can to destroy Europe. They refused to buy cheap energy resources directly from Russia, and now they are buying the same Russian energy resources, only from other countries and much more expensive. Again, in the name of misunderstood unity, the EU is preparing to spend billions of euros on rearma…

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Oct

2025

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The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate)

Madam President, the parties currently governing Bulgaria – GERB and MRF – are trampling on all kinds of written and unwritten rules. The fact is that there is no democracy and no law in our country. However, those who complain the most about this situation until recently ruled together with the parties that are now so loudly criticizing. “We are continuing the change” – “Democratic Bulgaria” had …

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Oct

2025

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Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections (debate)

Madam President, the criteria by which Brussels assesses the results of one election or another are based not on facts but on the ideological preferences of the European leaders. If in any country – Belarus, Georgia, the Netherlands – elections are won by parties that are critical of Brussels, they start to groan that democracy is in danger. And in order to "save democracy", elections can also be …

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Oct

2025

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The decision to impose a fine on Google: defending press and media freedom in the EU (debate)

Mr President, the most important issue on this issue is that traditional radio and television channels have long been dominated by globalist neoliberal elites. Now they want to destroy freedom on social networks. Brussels is preparing to pour huge sums into building so-called ‘democratic shields’ that would defend free speech, but whose real purpose is to ban divergent opinions. For years, so-call…

8

Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

Schizophrenia sufferers get hallucinations, and chronic Russophobia sufferers hallucinate that any unknown object that gets in their way, be it a Labubu toy or a drone, is necessarily made in Russia. Sick of anti-Russian hysteria are convinced that Putin himself, standing on the terrace in the Kremlin, sends drones to Western Europe in order to destroy harmonious European existence. And as Brussel…

7

Oct

2025

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The EU’s role in supporting the recent peace efforts for Gaza and a two-state solution (debate)

For two years, the European institutions have done nothing to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. It is this inaction that is one of the causes of the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian women, children, elderly people. The direct responsible for this, as more and more people call it genocide, is the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. But the responsibility of the so-called civi…