Chief Prosecutor Geshev demanded more serious monitoring on Bulgaria under the EU’s new rule of law mechanism

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev are in Brussels for a hearing in the European Parliament's LIBE Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG). The Ministers of Justice Nadezhda Yordanova and the Ministers of Culture Atanas Atanasov are also in Brussels.

"The Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office is very worried that in recent months - a year or so, Bulgaria's serious progress since the country’s accession to the EU in terms of the rule of law and human rights is being erased. What I told the MEPs is that I do not feel proud as a Bulgarian," Geshev said.

"I do not feel proud as a Bulgarian to say this, but in general the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s office believes that there is a need for a more serious dialogue with European institutions, including more serious monitoring on Bulgaria under the new mechanism for the rule of law," Geshev added.