The President gave a brief outline of Bulgaria's place among the European nations, and then welcomed the 18 Members elected to the European Parliament in the elections held in Bulgaria on 20.05.2007, whose names had been forwarded to Parliament by the Bulgarian authorities:
БАЕВА Мариела Величкова
BAEVA Mariela Velichkova
БИНЕВ Славчо Пенчев
BINEV Slavtcho Pentchev
ЧУКОЛОВ Десислав Славов
CHUKOLOV Desislav Slavov
ХЮСМЕНОВА Филиз Хакъева
HYUSMENOVA Filiz Hakaeva
ЙОТОВА Илияна Малинова
IOTOVA Iliana Malinova
ЖЕЛЕВА Румяна Русева
JELEVA Rumiana Russeva
КАЗАК Метин Хюсеин
KAZAK Metin Husein
КИРИЛОВ Евгени
KIRILOV Evgeni
ЛЮБЧЕВА Маруся Иванова
LYUBCHEVA Marusya Ivanova
МЛАДЕНОВ Николай Евтимов
MLADENOV Nickolay Evtimov
ПАНАЙОТОВ Владко Тодоров
PANAYOTOV Vladko Todorov
ПАПАРИЗОВ Атанас
PAPARIZOV Atanas
РАЕВА Биляна Илиева
RAEVA Bilyana Ilieva
СТАВРЕВА Петя Ставрева
STAVREVA Petya Stavreva
СТОЯНОВ Димитър
STOYANOV Dimitar
УРУЧЕВ Владимир Андреев
URUTCHEV Vladimir Andreev
ВИГЕНИН Кристиан
VIGENIN Kristian
ЗДРАВКОВА Душана Панайотова
ZDRAVKOVA Dushana Panayotova
Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, the above-mentioned Members would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.