Elena Yoncheva: Delyan Peevski called me personally – Elections

“I accept the nomination of DPS as an assessment of everything I have done in the European Parliament for Bulgaria,” explained MEP Elena Yoncheva to BTV.

“Delyan Peevski called me personally. He invited me to the building of the National Assembly. He made this offer three days ago. I said I had to think. I explained that I would accept if I have the right to stand up for what I have stood up for so far,” she emphasized.

“Addictions to what? Everything I’ve done in this building shows that I have no addictions. On my initiative, a resolution was made for Bulgaria, which states that we have serious problems with the rule of law, freedom of the media and the justice system. In order to win such a resolution, it shows that there is no dependence”, Elena Yoncheva was categorical.

“I would accept an invitation from a party that gives me the freedom to continue these battles. Legislation related to human trafficking is forthcoming. I am also working on the media act. I give myself this freedom. As a journalist and politician, I myself am a guarantee of my freedom,” added the MEP.

In 2019, Elena Yoncheva led the BSP list for the European elections. The competition for the first place in the Eurolist was between her and the then chairman of the Party of European Socialists and MEP Sergey Stanishev. Yoncheva’s candidacy was supported by 95 votes, and Stanishev’s – by 75. The two then maintained a good tone during the election campaign, although Sergey Stanishev criticized Kornelia Ninova for the arrangement of the lists.

Only a year later, relations between Elena Yoncheva and the leadership of the BSP have worsened. Yoncheva criticized Kornelia Ninova, and the socialists removed their political trust from the MEP.