Former Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov (C) submitted Wednesday the papers of his party for the upcoming MEP elections. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Bulgaria's centrist party National Movement Simeon II submitted the papers of their party to register it for the European Parliament vote on Wednesday.
The leader of the election headquarters Nikolay Svinarov announced the party managed to collect more than 35 000 signatures to back its runners, which is almost three times more the required minimum. The signatures were collected in just one day, he added.
The MEP list is led by Bilyana Raeva, who is still not a member of the party, but she has its full support.
Bulgarians will head for the polling booths on May 20 to elect its first representatives at the European Parliament.