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Mariya Gabriel, an MEP since 2009, lead the Bulgarian delegation of the center-right EPP party. (Photo: European Parliament)

Bulgaria nominates EU figure for commissioner

It is official: Mariya Gabriel is the Bulgarian nominee to replace Kristalina Georgieva, who quit as EU commissioner for budgets and human resources in November. The long-awaited nomination finally came on Wednesday (10 May).

Gabriel is considered as the most high-ranking Bulgarian member of the European Parliament, to which she was elected in 2009.

She heads the centre-right EPP group’s Bulgarian delegation and has been deputy chairman of a parliament body for relations with Ma...

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Mariya Gabriel, an MEP since 2009, lead the Bulgarian delegation of the center-right EPP party. (Photo: European Parliament)

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