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Bulgaria’s pro-Brussels PM: 'There's no better place to live than the EU'
Boyko Borisov has praise even for Theresa May, but is less keen on questions about corruption
At a time when some politicians in central and eastern Europe are profiting from hostility towards Brussels, Bulgaria’s Boyko Borisov is taking a different path, aiming to winning favour from Europe through charm and flattery.
“I’ve been all over the world and I can say that there’s no better place to live than the EU,” he said during a recent interview with the Guardian in Sofia.
He was careful not to criticise any of his European colleagues. Even Theresa May, who has frustrated many EU leaders after two years of Brexit back and forth, got a positive appraisal.”
Asked about differing visions of the future of Europe put forward by France’s Emmanuel Macron and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Borisov declined to criticise either Macron’s idea of a progressive, integrated continent or Orbán’s model of a Europe of strong sovereign nations. “We have a Bulgarian vision. There are certain aspects of our vision that coincides with the Macron or Orbán vision and others that don’t,” he said.
Borisov’s answers reflect a deft policy of not offending any of his European partners, eschewing anti-Brussels rhetoric and preferring instead to highlight the benefits that European integration has brought Bulgaria since it acceded to the bloc in 2007. Ivan Krastev, a Bulgarian political scientist, said: “Boyko wants to be everybody’s best friend. He wants to hear all sides, make them believe that he has taken their side.”
This careful charm and willingness to equivocate means Borisov is viewed positively in Brussels, where many prefer to gloss over issues related to corruption and rule of law in the country.
“He is not somebody who blocks anything,” said a source. “But he will try to show how difficult the situation is for his country, while not quite saying aloud: ‘And this is why you should give us more money.’”
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