“Bulgaria is satisfied with the support it received from France at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the 15 EU members in Brussels, and the support of Belgium, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU further encouraged Bulgaria, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Elena Poptodorova said. French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine said that Bulgaria and Romania should join the Union simultaneously with the other ten applicants, so as not to discourage or destabilize them. His Belgian counterpart Louis Michel supported Vedrine. ”The decision on the EU's enlargement will be a political one and it should not exclude two of the countries,” Poptodorova commented.