European Parliament Passes Law to Restrict Cash Payments to €10,000
The European Parliament has voted to impose a €10,000 limit on cash payments within the European Union
The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Bulgaria regarding the upcoming European elections.
Bulgaria has a deadline until Thursday, March 6, to report to Brussels whether it has incorporated into its national legislation an EU directive on the right of citizens living in another European Union country to be elected as MEPs, Bulgarian website Dnevnik.bg has informed.
The directive's aim was to ease voting procedures at European elections and to deal with the steadily declining turnout.
The document has so far been ignored by a total of 14 EU countries such as Belgium, Denmark, France, and Romania.
A total of 14 M Europeans, 8 M of which have the right to vote, live in an EU member state different than their country of birth.
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About 1 200 000 "phantom voters" can be found in Bulgarian elections lists, Mihail Konstantinov, formerly a high-profile official in charge of elections, believes.
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) starts receiving documents for the registration of political parties and coalitions for the early elections on October 5.
A majority in the European Parliament has approved Jean-Claude Juncker to be President of the European Commission, reports BBC.
The European Parliament is expected to approve on Tuesday the nomination of former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.
Former Environment Minister Iskra Mihaylova has become the nomination of the European Parliament's ALDE group to chair the Regional Policy Committee.
The European Parliament has re-elected Martin Schulz for a second presidential term, with 409 votes from the 751 MEPs.