a minute agoBulgaria Against UN Migration Pact reacts to Juncker
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Bulgaria has decided not to participate in the UN Global Migration Pact, said head of the ruling party G parliamentary group ERB Tsvetan Tsvetanov. He added that this agreement would violate Bulgarian national interests. The Bulgarian government is not supposed to join a global pact on migration from the UN”, the deputy chairman [...] said.
He added that this agreement would violate Bulgarian national interests.
The Bulgarian government is not to join a global pact on migration from the UN”, GERB deputy chairman said after the coalition leaders' meeting, Reuters reported.
British news agency stresses younger coalition partner G ERD, United Patriots, strongly oppose the UN pact.
The pact will be reviewed before the Bulgarian Parliament on Wednesday. According to Reuters, Bulgaria thus joined the countries that have refused to join the UN pact, including Poland, Austria and Hungary.
The Pact defines the way states deal with immigrants worldwide.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called today in Berlin on Europe's unity in terms of migration and other problems.
“If one, two or three states leave the Pact on UN Migration, then we as the EU cannot continue to maintain our interests”, Juncker said.
Croatia and Slovenia also have doubts about staying in the UN pact.
