9. parlamentarni saziv Petar VITANOV

As a head of the Bulgarian Socialist delegation, I would like to express my full support for this report.
Concerning paragraph 58, I would like to note that the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria has taken a decision on the compatibility of the Istanbul Convention with the Bulgarian Constitution, stating that despite its undoubtedly positive aspects, the Istanbul Convention contains some inherent contradictions and part of its provisions do not correspond to the Bulgarian Constitution. If ratified, the Convention would require the introduction in our legislation of certain provisions regarding biological sex and gender, which would be unconstitutional.

I and my colleagues from the Bulgarian S&D Delegation supported the resolution on the Social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine.
We believe that an urgent and comprehensive EU-wide response is critical in a situation, where consumer price inflation has reached levels not seen since the 1970s and where the rapid increases in food and energy prices across the EU are affecting the most vulnerable populations, further increasing inequality and poverty.
However, we firmly stand on the position that a ban on imports of Russian oil in the present moment, as well as an immediate and full embargo on Russian imports of nuclear fuel and gas will have a disproportionate and detrimental effect in the midst of an ongoing energy crisis. Such measures will do more harm to the EU citizens and economy, and could potentially jeopardize the EU project.
Furthermore, terminating collaboration with Russia on existing nuclear projects will leave some Member States with no alternative for nuclear fuel supply and could pose a serious threat in terms of the operational security of the existing nuclear facilities.

Тhe Bulgarian S&D MEPs supported the resolution on the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia. We believe that sanctions are the logical and conscious response to the military invasion.
We firmly stand on the position that untimely comprehensive sanctions on energy imports will have a disproportionate and detrimental effect in the midst of an energy crisis. Such measures will do more harm to the EU citizens and economy, and could potentially jeopardize the EU project.
Furthermore, terminating collaboration with Russia on existing nuclear projects will leave some Member States with no alternative for nuclear fuel supply and could pose a serious threat in terms of the operational security of the existing nuclear facilities.