Bulgarian extremist party stages Brussels roadshow

The 23 MPs from Bulgaria’s Ataka party, were in Brussels on the 27 September 2013 to demand an apology from an MEP who called them 'xenophobic'. However, sources said to EurActiv that they were instead trying to avoid a no-confidence motion against the Socialist-led minority government in Sofia.

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ESO: Background information: Sofia urged to keep nationalist party Ataka at arm's length http://www.europeansources.info/record/sofia-urged-to-keep-nationalist-party-ataka-at-arms-length/

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