Blockade at Greek border: Bulgaria seeks EU intervention, drivers mount counter-blockade

Bulgaria is continuing to try to exert pressure on the Greek government and to seek European Commission intervention to end the blockade of the Bulgarian-Greek border by protesting Greek farmers.

Blockades of checkpoints at Greece’s border with Bulgaria are now in their third week, causing long queues of vehicles at various times daily and leading to calls from Bulgarian hauliers for government intervention – as well as financial compensation for losses.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said on February 9 2016 that the Bulgarian state was continuing to put pressure on the Greek government and was doing everything possible to resolve the problem.

He noted that Bulgaria had written to the European Commission and said that the Commission would start proceedings against Greece for failure to comply with European legislation. It was possible for Greece to face financial sanctions, Mitov said.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov had twice spoken about the matter to his Greek counterpart, Alexis Tsipras, while Mitov said that he had discussed it with his Greek counterpart, most recently at a meeting in London at the end of last week.

“So the Bulgarian state is trying to really use all instruments and to take care of our people, but tension is growing, and it’s absolutely unacceptable,” Mitov said...
[sofiaglobe.com]
9/2/16
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