Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-05-17-Speech-1-068"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-05-17"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"bg"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100517.14.1-068"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-05-17-Speech-1-0692
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrey Kovatchev2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2009-09-15--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (2009-08-24--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-09-17--2012-01-18)3 member; SEDE (2009-09-17--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish to express my view on the comments made by certain fellow Members from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, who made unfounded attacks against the Bulgarian Government. For the first time since the start of its post-Communist transition, Bulgaria has demonstrated political will, not only in words, but in actions, too, by combating corruption and organised crime. The tangible results achieved in this respect are being applauded both by Bulgaria’s international partners and civil society within the country. The support ratings for the prime minister and interior minister are 56% and 60% respectively. However, the question remains as to why Bulgaria has lagged behind so much and is bottom in terms of living standards in the European Union. The answer to this question still needs to be found in the self-seeking ambitions of the Communist elite from the late 1980s. They have managed, during the 20-year transition period, using the repressive State Security system and its tentacles in the state economy of that period, to turn their political power into economic power too and hand it over to their sons and grandsons, as well as retain their agents in key ministries, banks and industrial sectors in the country. The present government is combating the unregulated binding relationship between politics and economics, using every legal instrument permitted in a European constitutional state. I would simply like to end by making an appeal to fellow Members in the S&D Group to learn from the experience of their fellow German Members regarding the successors of the former communist party in the GDR. The BSP (Bulgarian Socialist Party) is the direct successor to the Communist Party in Bulgaria, in the same way as the Left Party in Germany. The difficulties in forming a government in North Rhine-Westphalia highlight how current this issue is even at the moment in Europe."@en1
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