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Ruling party candidates for the Bulgarian Presidency Plevneliev (right) and Popova (left) with EPP leader Wilfred Martens. Photo by EPP
Wilfred Martens, President of the European People's Party, has endorsed Rosen Plevneliev, candidate of the ruling center-right party GERB, for President of Bulgaria.
"Plevneliev-Popova ticket, the European choice for Bulgaria," said Martens, declaring his support for Rosen Plevneliev and his running mate Margarita Popova for the October 23 presidential elections in Bulgaria.
The head of the EPP, the largest party family in the European Parliament, received Monday in the EPP headquarters the Bulgarian presidential candidate and former Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Rosen Plevneliev, and the vice-presidential candidate and former Minister of Justice Margarita Popova.
EPP member-party GERB has put forward Plevneliev and Popova as their official candidates for the Bulgarian Presidency, the EPP reminded.
"I had the opportunity to discuss with Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova the current political situation in Bulgaria and the current presidential campaign. We also reviewed the current stalemate on Schengen, which I hope we will overcome soon, and Bulgaria's impressive efforts on infrastructure projects," stated the EPP President, as cited by the EPP press service.
"Mr. Plevneliev and Mrs. Popova presented to me their campaign program, which is very thorough and comprehensive. I was very impressed by their in-depth knowledge of European affairs and, in particular, their commitment to bring Bulgaria at the center of European project," the EPP President underlined.
"I am convinced that the Plevneliev-Popova ticket is the right choice, the European choice, for Bulgaria," President Martens added.
The EPP currently includes 74 member-parties from 39 countries, the Presidents of the European Commission, European Council, and European Parliament, 17 EU and 6 non-EU heads of state and government, 13 members of the European Commission and the largest Group in the European Parliament.
Plevneliev has already been endorsed for the Bulgarian Presidency by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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