• Login
  • Search:

Wed, May 22 2013

Open letter to Barroso decries 'second-class' treatment

Fri, Apr 27 2012 14:12 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

2439 Views 5 Comments
Open letter to Barroso decries 'second-class' treatment

Bulgarian MEP Andreay Kovachev
Photo: Anelia Nikolova

The heads of delegation of the European Parliament Group’s 10 eastern and central European member states sent an open letter to the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, on April 25, demanding an end to discriminatory actions directed towards Central and Eastern European citizens.

Bulgarian MEP Andreay Kovachev also signed the letter which alludes to anti-immigrant websites launched by the Dutch Freedom Party and the Belgian far-right Vlaams Belang party.

The letter expresses concerns that discrimination contravenes fundamental European values and makes "second-class citizens of Central and Eastern European citizens".

  • Print
  • Send via email
  • Translate to
  • Share:

More in this category

Putin takes Russian presidency for historic third term

World leaders acknowledged Putin's victory with reservations, and international observers say the election was skewed in the former president's favour.

France elects first socialist president in nearly two decades

Hollande's call for more spending and economic growth has struck a chord with French voters.

Serge Sarkisian’s ruling party wins Armenian parliamentary elections – exit polls

Gallup International Association poll gives president Sarkisian’s party 44 per cent, while three main challengers alleged ‘machinations’ by ruling party in what – in contrast to 2008 – reportedly was a largely peaceful election.

Report: Only 14.5 per cent of people have access to free press

The Freedom House report says the media environment in the Middle East and North Africa underwent major improvements in 2011, but remained the worst-performing part of the world.

Don’t like the job, time to move on

Dissatisfaction with jobs is a global phenomenon and two-thirds of workers all over the world intend to look for another job in the near future, the survey concluded.

© 2000-2013, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.