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  • The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution criticising Bulgaria's government and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, after months of streets protests calling for him to resign over corruption allegations. Agreeing the text with a narrow majority of 358-277, MEPs offered "unequivocal support for the people of Bulgaria in their legitimate demands and aspirations for justice, transparency, accountability and democracy". Lawmakers had earlier rejected attempts to cut down the text of the resolution in amendments by the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) group, to which Borisov belongs. "I want to say particularly that Boyko Borisov leads a pro-European government. He contributed to the introduction of the euro and whatever the problems of today, he has always supported the Council's rule-of-law mechanism, which we have advocated for in this house," EPP parliamentary leader Manfred Weber said during the debate. "Governments should not be changed by demonstrations, but by elections... which will take place next year in March, and everybody should take part," Weber added. Thursday's resolution specifically raised "concern that the Bulgarian Parliament is currently in the process of adopting a new electoral law, while ordinary parliamentary elections have to take place in no later than seven months' time". The EPP is dominated by Germany's CDU-CSU sister parties, and also supports Hungarian leader Viktor Orban. Several smaller outfits have demanded Orban and his Fidesz party be expelled from the centre-right bloc, so far without success. Bulgarians have been demonstrating for almost three months in Sofia against corruption, calling for the government to resign over alleged links to the country's powerful oligarchs. Polls suggest that more than 60 percent of Bulgarians support the protesters' demands. Last week, the European Commission raised "serious concerns" over the independence of Bulgaria's judicial system and criticised its lack of progress in fighting against corruption, in a report covering rule-of-law issues across the EU. csg/tgb/har
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  • Euro MPs blast Bulgaria's Borisov over corruption protests
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