site.btaDeputy PM Gabriel to Pay Working Visit to Strasbourg

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel will pay a working visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, her Ministry’s press centre reported. First on her agenda will be meetings with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, Dubravka Suica. Gabriel will also confer with the European Commissioners for Justice and Health, Didier Reynders and Stella Kyriakides.

The Deputy Prime Minister’s visit will include meetings with the Chairs of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Cristian Busoi, and Committee on Culture and Education, Sabine Verheyen.

Gabriel will attend a This is Europe plenary debate along with Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov.

This is Europe is a series of debates hosted by the European Parliament where EU leaders are invited to share their views and solutions to the challenges facing Europe.

Denkov and Gabriel will confer with the Bulgarian MEPs delegation. The two will hold meetings with the Co-presidents of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Terry Reintke and Philippe Lamberts, and the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Chair Iratxe Garcia Perez.

During her Strasbourg visit, Gabriel will also hold a meeting with the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament. She will brief them on the Bulgarian Cabinet’s progress in implementing the priorities of the government's programme, including this country’s accession to the Schengen area, the euro area, and the OECD.