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EPP sends MEPs to Bulgaria to investigate arrest of opposition GERB party politicians

EPP group chairman Manfred Weber
Photo: European Parliament

The Ministry of the Interior has re-submitted draft writs of indictment to the prosecutor’s office against former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, former Minister of Finance Vladislav Goranov and GERB party PR officer Sevdalina Arnaudova.  

Menko Menkov, attorney for the defence of the three said for the BNR, that he would appeal their arrest before the court. The three were detained and, at the request of the police, were kept in custody for 24 hours without being charged.

The group of the European People’s Party, of which GERB is a member, is sending two MEPs to Sofia to investigate the matter, EPP group chairman Manfred Weber has announced. 



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