A Bulgarian politician won a seat in the EU parliamentary elections in June and was due to be sworn in next week. On Friday, however, she announced that she won't be going and plans instead stay in her current job. Meglena Kuneva decided to remain the European Commissioner for Consumer Protection instead of taking her seat in the parliament. Kuneva's term as commissioner ends in October but she would have had to resign from that position in order to be sworn in to the new parliament next week. "I have taken my decision ... I will complete my term as commissioner," she told a news conference in Sofia. In the European parliamentary elections on June 7, Kuneva was elected as deputy for the liberal NMSP party of former Bulgarian King Simeon Saxe Coburg, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Kuneva said this decision came after talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Borroso and Bulgaria's prime minister-designate, Boyko Borisov.
Meglena Kuneva decided to remain the European Commissioner for Consumer Protection instead of taking her seat in the parliament.
Kuneva's term as commissioner ends in October but she would have had to resign from that position in order to be sworn in to the new parliament next week.
"I have taken my decision ... I will complete my term as commissioner," she told a news conference in Sofia.
In the European parliamentary elections on June 7, Kuneva was elected as deputy for the liberal NMSP party of former Bulgarian King Simeon Saxe Coburg, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Kuneva said this decision came after talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Borroso and Bulgaria's prime minister-designate, Boyko Borisov.
