Balgarianovinite.com Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev called for common solutions in the EU to the many challenges faced by the bloc. “We fully understand the ambition and the necessity for Europe to invest heavily in competitiveness, in the security and defence,” Radev said, but noted that cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy should not be overlooked either.
The Prime Minister was speaking in English during joint statements with European Council President Antonio Costa after their meeting earlier in the day.
Radev is confident that the EU will find “a fair and balanced solution” while working on the next multiannual EU budget. He said Bulgaria does not want to see EU competitiveness aid widening the economic and technological gap between member states. He warned of “a risk that the money will flow mostly to the most developed countries.”
“So we [Radev and Costa] discussed how the money could be fairly distributed so that countries like Bulgaria, even like Portugal can be taken on board and can take part in developing the big European industrial projects,” the Prime Minister said.
He stressed the importance of achieving real cohesion in innovation, industry and digitalization.
Taking a reporter’s question about whether Bulgaria favours a possible start of EU membership negotiations with Ukraine, Radev said: “The enlargement process is very important because we believe that enlargement is a strong investment in peace, security and stability. However, our national position is, and it has always been, that each nation should go forward based on its own merits and covering the criteria. It is both applicable for the Western Balkans and for Ukraine on the other hand.”
Antonio Costa said about Radev: “He has a huge and very important experience in all the European affairs. This is not the first time that he came as a member of the European Council.”
Costa noted: “Bulgaria is at the heart of the European Union. It is a member of the eurozone, a member of the Schengen area.”
“And we need a stable Bulgaria, working with all the other 26 member states to bring and increase prosperity, to ensure peace in our region, to increase security, and we count with the Prime Minister Rumen Radev to deliver on this, and I’m very glad to see, to work with an old friend.” EU Challenges Call for Common Solutions, Says PM Radev After Meeting with European Council President 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-28 18:42:05 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law