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Government in the balance: Bulgarian MPs block weapons to Ukraine
Bulgaria Denies Exporting Weapons to Ukraine.. Bulgarian government may fall if it sends weapons to Ukraine Nearly 70% of Bulgarians do not want the government to help Ukraine with weapons, although most are ready to help refugees and send humanitarian …
The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs rejected the two draft decisions on military assistance to Ukraine and only supported the proposal of “We Continue the Change” to provide technical assistance, but not weapons. The new draft decision passed with 11 votes in favor and 5 against.
The other two proposals of “Democratic Bulgaria” and GERB-SDS were rejected after almost two hours of debate with 6 votes in favor and 3 abstentions. The vote shows that only GERB-SDS, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and Democratic Bulgaria (DB) support weapons for Ukraine. The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and “Vazrazhdane” (Revival) are strongly against, while “There Is Such a People” (TISP) and We Continue the Change (WCC) support “technical assistance”.
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