France's banking group BNP Paribas has invited Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria's first European commissioner, to be a member of its board of directors as it plans to expand it with four new appointments, reports say.

"The new entrants will be put to the vote at a meeting of BNP Paribas board of directors on May 12," the French business daily newspaper Les Echos reported, citing information that the bank submitted to Balo, an official newsletter for financial data.

“I receive a lot of proposals, including some connected with the work of the European Commission, and very important at that. I am still considering the options and have not yet answered to any of them,” Kuneva commented on Thursday.

Meglena Kuneva was first tipped to be the next head of the Commission's in-house think-tank, the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), but was later reported to have been denied the appointment.

Kuneva has also been rumored to be a likely runner for Bulgaria's President in the upcoming 2010 elections.

Bulgaria’s new Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, refused to nominate for the second term Meglena Kuneva, EU Commissioner for consumer protection since 2007, as she is member of the formerly ruling coalition, the centrist NDSV.