Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel elected Vice-President of the European People's Party

Bulgaria’s EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on November 21 was elected Vice-President of the European People's Party. At the party's congress in Zagreb, Europe's largest political family has elected ten deputies to Donald Tusk.

After electing a leader from the former Eastern Bloc for the first time in the history of the European People's Party, today a Bulgarian woman was elected one of the deputies, with the highest number of votes.

Another EU commissioner, the Austrian Johannes Hahn will also be Tusk's deputy.

Another famous name among the the deputies is the former Speaker of the European Parliament, the Italian Antonio Tajani, who is a member of Silvio Berlusconi's party.

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner Vice-President of the EPP: I am delighted with what we have achieved. But it is also a very big responsibility. I take this post with the idea to infuse my energy into this Europe - the leader we want to see.